22To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all men so that by all possible means I might save some.


In Context

19 Though I am free and belong to no man, I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible.

20 To 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), so as to win those under the law.

21 To those not having the law I became like one not having the law (though I am not free from God's law but am under Christ's law), so as to win those not having the law.

22 To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all men so that by all possible means I might save some.

23 I do all this for the sake of the gospel, that I may share in its blessings.

24 Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize.

1st Corinthians 9:22 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:22To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all [men,] that I might by all means save some.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:22I became to the weak, as weak, in order that I might gain the weak. To all I have become all things, in order that at all events I might save some.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:22To the weak I became weak, that I might gain the weak. I became all things to all men, that I might save all.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:22To the weak I became weak, that I might gain the weak: I am become all things to all men, that I may by all means save some.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:22To the weak I became weak, that I might gain the weak: I am become all things to all men, that I may by all means save some.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:22To the weak I became as weak, that I might gain the weak: I have become all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:22To the weak I became as weak, that I might gain the weak. I have become all things to all men, that I may by all means save some.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:22I became to the infirm as infirm, that the infirm I might gain; to all men I have become all things, that by all means I may save some.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:22To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.