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, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.
• Matt 18:15Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.
• 1 Cor 10:33Even as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved.
• Jas 5:19–20Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him;
• 1 Tim 4:16Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.
• Matt 20:26–28But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister;
• 2 Tim 2:10Therefore I endure all things for the elect’s sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
• 1 Cor 9:20–22And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law;
• Rom 15:2Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification.
• 2 Cor 4:5For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus’ sake.
• Prov 11:30The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise.
• Rom 1:14I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise.
• 1 Pet 3:1Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;
• 1 Cor 9:1Am I not an apostle? am I not free? have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? are not ye my work in the Lord?
• John 13:14–15If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another’s feet.
• Gal 5:1Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
• 1 Cor 7:16For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy wife?
• Rom 11:14If by any means I may provoke to emulation them which are my flesh, and might save some of them.

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