1Cor 9:19 Cross References

1 Corinthians 9:19

19: This means I am not bound to obey people just because they pay me, yet I have become a servant of everyone so that I can bring them to Christ.

For you have been called to live in freedom--not freedom to satisfy your sinful nature, but freedom to serve one another in love.

"If another believer sins against you, go privately and point out the fault. If the other person listens and confesses it, you have won that person back.

When I am with the Jews, I become one of them so that I can bring them to Christ. When I am with those who follow the Jewish laws, I do the same, even though I am not subject to the law, so that I can bring them to Christ.
When I am with the Gentiles who do not have the Jewish law, I fit in with them as much as I can. In this way, I gain their confidence and bring them to Christ. But I do not discard the law of God; I obey the law of Christ.
When I am with those who are oppressed, I share their oppression so that I might bring them to Christ. Yes, I try to find common ground with everyone so that I might bring them to Christ.

But among you it should be quite different. Whoever wants to be a leader among you must be your servant,
and whoever wants to be first must become your slave.
For even I, the Son of Man, came here not to be served but to serve others, and to give my life as a ransom for many."

That is the plan I follow, too. I try to please everyone in everything I do. I don't just do what I like or what is best for me, but what is best for them so they may be saved.

Keep a close watch on yourself and on your teaching. Stay true to what is right, and God will save you and those who hear you.

We should please others. If we do what helps them, we will build them up in the Lord.

My dear brothers and sisters, if anyone among you wanders away from the truth and is brought back again,
you can be sure that the one who brings that person back will save that sinner from death and bring about the forgiveness of many sins.

I am willing to endure anything if it will bring salvation and eternal glory in Christ Jesus to those God has chosen.

In the same way, you wives must accept the authority of your husbands, even those who refuse to accept the Good News. Your godly lives will speak to them better than any words. They will be won over

For I have a great sense of obligation to people in our culture and to people in other cultures, to the educated and uneducated alike.

The godly are like trees that bear life-giving fruit, and those who save lives are wise.

We don't go around preaching about ourselves; we preach Christ Jesus, the Lord. All we say about ourselves is that we are your servants because of what Jesus has done for us.

Do I not have as much freedom as anyone else? Am I not an apostle? Haven't I seen Jesus our Lord with my own eyes? Isn't it because of my hard work that you are in the Lord?

And since I, the Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you ought to wash each other's feet.
I have given you an example to follow. Do as I have done to you.

You wives must remember that your husbands might be converted because of you. And you husbands must remember that your wives might be converted because of you.

So Christ has really set us free. Now make sure that you stay free, and don't get tied up again in slavery to the law.

for I want to find a way to make the Jews want what you Gentiles have, and in that way I might save some of them.

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