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1 Corinthians 9:23

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And this I do for the gospel’s sake, that I might be partaker thereof with you.
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  1. 2 Timothy 2:10Rank 1 from verse 23
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    10Therefore I endure all things for the elect’s sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

  2. 1 Corinthians 9:25–27Rank 2 from verse 23
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    25And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.

    26I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air:

    27But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.

  3. Mark 8:35Rank 3 from verse 23
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    35For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel’s, the same shall save it.

  4. 1 John 1:3Rank 4 from verse 23
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    3That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.

  5. Galatians 2:5Rank 5 from verse 23
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    5To whom we gave place by subjection, no, not for an hour; that the truth of the gospel might continue with you.

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1 Corinthians 9:23

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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COMBINED MEANING

sake

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Cause, account, purpose, interest, or benefit; used in phrases meaning because of or for the benefit of someone or something.

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might

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Sense 1: Power or strength. Sense 2: An auxiliary expressing possibility or permission.

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you

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The second-person plural pronoun referring to those being addressed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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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.

23And this I do for the gospel’s sake, that I might be partaker thereof with you.

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24Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.

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