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1 Corinthians 9:19
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1 Corinthians 9:19
19For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more.
19For though I bee free from all men, yet haue I made my selfe seruant vnto all, that I might gaine the more.
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DEFINED WORDS
1 Corinthians 9:19
Being at liberty; not being under necessity or restraint, physical or moral; a word of general application to the body, the will or mind, and to corporations. Clear of crime or offense; guiltless; innocent.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Wholly, entirely, or altogether; every one or the whole amount, according to context.
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Formed, caused, prepared, appointed, or brought into a stated condition.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
A compound of my and self, used after I, to express emphasis, marking emphatically the distinction between the speaker and unother person.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
One who serves another; a worker, attendant, subject, bondservant, or appointed minister.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Power or strength; also an auxiliary expressing possibility or permission.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Profit, advantage, or increase; as a verb, to obtain or win.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A greater amount, number, or degree; in a greater degree.
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Open the full verse study13For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.
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Open the full verse study15¶ Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.
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Open the full verse study33Even as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved.
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Open the full verse study19Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him;
20Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.
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Open the full verse study16Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.
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Open the full verse study26But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister;
27And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant:
28Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
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Open the full verse study20And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law;
21To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law.
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.
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Open the full verse study10Therefore I endure all things for the elect’s sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
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Open the full verse study5For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus’ sake.
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Open the full verse study2Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification.
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Open the full verse study1AM I not an apostle? am I not free? have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? are not ye my work in the Lord?
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Open the full verse study1LIKEWISE, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;
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Open the full verse study14If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another’s feet.
15For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you.
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Open the full verse study30The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise.
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Open the full verse study14I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise.
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Open the full verse study1STAND fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
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Open the full verse study16For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy wife?
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Open the full verse study14If by any means I may provoke to emulation them which are my flesh, and might save some of them.
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