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.


In Context

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.

22 To 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.

23 Now I do this for the sake of the Good News, that I may be a joint partaker of it.

24 Don't you know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run like that, that you may win.

1 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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

9:22To 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.

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 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.