19For though I was free from all, I brought myself under bondage to all, that I might gain the more.


In Context

16 For if I preach the Good News, I have nothing to boast about; for necessity is laid on me; but woe is to me, if I don't preach the Good News.

17 For if I do this of my own will, I have a reward. But if not of my own will, I have a stewardship entrusted to me.

18 What then is my reward? That, when I preach the Good News, I may present the Good News of Christ without charge, so as not to abuse my authority in the Good News.

19 For though I was free from all, I brought myself under bondage to all, that I might gain the more.

20 To the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain Jews; to those who are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain those who are under the law;

21 to those who are without law, as without law (not being without law toward God, but under law toward Christ), that I might win those who are without law.

1 Corinthians 9:19 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:19For though I be free from all [men,] yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

9:19Though I am free and belong to no man, I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:19For being free from all, I have made myself bondman to all, that I might gain the most possible.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:19For whereas I was free as to all, I made myself the servant of all, that I might gain the more.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:19For though I was free from all men, I brought myself under bondage to all, that I might gain the more.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:19For though I was free from all men, I brought myself under bondage to all, that I might gain the more.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:19For though I am free from all men, yet I have made myself servant to all, that I might gain the more.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:19for being free from all men, to all men I made myself servant, that the more I might gain;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:19For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant to all, that I might gain the more.