Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
I brought myself under bondage (emauton edoulwsa). Voluntary bondage, I enslaved myself to all, though free. Causative verb in -ow (doulow, from doulov). The more (touv pleionav). Than he could have done otherwise. Every preacher faces this problem of his personal attitude and conduct. Note kerdhsw (as in verses I Corinthians 9:20-22, but once ina kerdanw in I Corinthians 9:21, regular liquid future of kerdainw) with ina is probably future active indicative (James 4:13), though Ionic aorist active subjunctive from kerdaw is possible (Matthew 18:15). "He refuses payment in money that he may make the greater gain in souls" (Edwards).
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing 1 Corinthians 9:19:
Acts 21:21
1 Corinthians 9:1
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