Verse Comparison: 1 Corinthians 9:22

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American Standard Version
To 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.

Amplified® Bible
To the weak (wanting in discernment) I have become weak (wanting in discernment) that I might win the weak {and} overscrupulous. I have [in short] become all things to all men, that I might by all means (at all costs and in any and every way) save some [by winning them to faith in Jesus Christ].

Contemporary English Version
When I am with people whose faith is weak, I live as they do to win them. I do everything I can to win everyone I possibly can.

Darby English Version
I 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.

Good News Bible
Among the weak in faith I become weak like one of them, in order to win them. So I become all things to all people, that I may save some of them by whatever means are possible.

International Standard Version
To the weak I became weak in order to win the weak. I have become all things to all people so that by all possible means I might save some of them.

King James Version
To 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.

New American Standard Bible
To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak; I have become all things to all men, so that I may by all means save some.

New International Version
To 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.

New King James Version
to the weak I became as weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak; I have become all things to all men, so that I may by all means save some.

Young's Literal Translation
I 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.


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