1 Corinthians 9:19

17 For if I do this willingly, ^aI have a reward; but if against my will, ^bI have been entrusted with a stewardship.

18 What is my reward then? That ^awhen I preach the gospel, I may present the gospel¹ of Christ without charge, that I ^bmay not abuse my authority in the gospel.

Serving All Men

19 For though I am ^afree from all men, ^bI have made myself a servant to all, ^cthat I might win the more;

20 and ^ato the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might win Jews; to those who are under the law, as under the¹ law, that I might win those who are under the law;

21 ^ato ^bthose who are without law, as without law ^c(not being without law toward God, but under² law toward Christ), that I might win those who are without law;

22 ^ato the weak I became¹ as weak, that I might win the weak. ^bI have become all things to all men, ^cthat I might by all means save some.

23 Now this I do for the gospel’s sake, that I may be partaker of it with you.

Striving for a Crown

24 Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? ^aRun in such a way that you may¹ obtain it.

25 And everyone who competes for the prize¹ is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a perishable crown, but we for ^aan imperishable crown.

26 Therefore I run thus: ^anot with uncertainty. Thus I fight: not as one who beats the air.

27 ^aBut I discipline my body and ^bbring it into subjection, lest, when I have preached to others, I myself should become ^cdisqualified.

Verse Comparison: 1 Corinthians 9:19

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American Standard Version
For though I was free from all `men,' I brought myself under bondage to all, that I might gain the more.

Amplified® Bible
For although I am free in every way from anyone's control, I have made myself a bond servant to everyone, so that I might gain the more [for Christ].

Contemporary English Version
I am not anyone's slave. But I have become a slave to everyone, so that I can win as many people as possible.

Darby English Version
For being free from all, I have made myself bondman to all, that I might gain the most [possible].

Good News Bible
I am a free man, nobody's slave; but I make myself everybody's slave in order to win as many people as possible.

International Standard Version
Although I am free from all people, I made myself a slave to all of them to win more of them.

King James Version
For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more.

New American Standard Bible
For though I am free from all {men,} I have made myself a slave to all, so that I may win more.

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

New King James Version
For though I am free from all men, I have made myself a servant to all, that I might win the more;

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
For though I have freedom from all men, I have made myself a slave to all, so that I may win more.

Young's Literal Translation
for being free from all men, to all men I made myself servant, that the more I might gain;

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