1 Corinthians 9:19

Though free from all, Paul made himself a servant to everyone, in order to win as many as possible. He embraced voluntary servitude for the sake of the lost.

Cross-references · 18

• Gal 5:13For you, brothers, were called to freedom; but do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh. Rather, serve one another in love.
• Matt 18:15If your brother sins against you, go and confront him privately. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over.
• 1 Cor 10:33as I also try to please everyone in all I do. For I am not seeking my own good, but the good of many, that they may be saved.
• Jas 5:19–20My brothers, if one of you should wander from the truth and someone should bring him back,
• 1 Tim 4:16Pay close attention to your life and to your teaching. Persevere in these things, for by so doing you will save both yourself and those who hear you.
• Matt 20:26–28It shall not be this way among you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,
• 2 Tim 2:10For this reason I endure all things for the sake of the elect, so that they too may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory.
• 1 Cor 9:20–22To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law), to win those under the law.
• Rom 15:2Each of us should please his neighbor for his good, to build him up.
• 2 Cor 4:5For we do not proclaim ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake.
• Prov 11:30The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and he who wins souls is wise.
• Rom 1:14I am obligated both to Greeks and non-Greeks, both to the wise and the foolish.
• 1 Pet 3:1Wives, in the same way, submit yourselves to your husbands, so that even if they refuse to believe the word, they will be won over without words by the behavior of their wives
• 1 Cor 9:1Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you yourselves not my workmanship in the Lord?
• John 13:14–15So if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet.
• Gal 5:1It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be encumbered once more by a yoke of slavery.
• 1 Cor 7:16How do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?
• Rom 11:14in the hope that I may provoke my own people to jealousy and save some of them.

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