1 Corinthians 9:19 — King James Version← Study notes
“For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more.”
1 Corinthians 9:19 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · 1 Corinthians 9:1912 words
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 9:19
“For though I was free from all men, I brought myself under bondage to all, that I might gain the more.” Here again he introduces another high step in advance. For a great thing it is even not to receive, but this which he is about to mention is much more than that. What then is it that he says? “Not only have I not received,” says he, not only have I not used this right, but I have even made myself a slave, and in a slavery manifold and universal. For not in money alone,…
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