New American Standard Bible 1995
1 Corinthians 9:17-27
17For if I do this voluntarily, I have a 1reward; but if against my will, I have a 2stewardship entrusted to me. 18What then is my 3reward? That, when I preach the gospel, I may offer the gospel 4without charge, so as 5not to make full use of my right in the gospel.
19For though I am 6free from all men, I have made myself 7a slave to all, so that I may 8win more. 209To the Jews I became as a Jew, so that I might win Jews; to those who are under 10the Law, as under 11the Law though 12not being myself under 13the Law, so that I might win those who are under 14the Law; 21to those who are 15without law, 16as without law, though not being without the law of God but 17under the law of Christ, so that I might win those who are without law. 22To the 18weak I became weak, that I might win the weak; I have become 19all things to all men, 20so that I may by all means save some. 23I do all things for the sake of the gospel, so that I may become a fellow partaker of it.
2421Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but only one receives 22the prize? 23Run in such a way that you may win. 25Everyone who 24competes in the games exercises self-control in all things. They then do it to receive a perishable 25wreath, but we an imperishable. 26Therefore I 26run in such a way, as not without aim; I box in such a way, as not 27beating the air; 27but I 28discipline 29my body and make it my slave, so that, after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.
Notes
- 1. 1 Corinthians 9:17 John 4:36; 1 Cor 3:8; 9:18 ↩
- 2. 1 Corinthians 9:17 1 Cor 4:1; Gal 2:7; Eph 3:2; Phil 1:16; Col 1:25 ↩
- 3. 1 Corinthians 9:18 John 4:36; 1 Cor 3:8; 9:17 ↩
- 4. 1 Corinthians 9:18 Acts 18:3; 2 Cor 11:7; 12:13 ↩
- 5. 1 Corinthians 9:18 1 Cor 7:31; 9:12 ↩
- 6. 1 Corinthians 9:19 1 Cor 9:1 ↩
- 7. 1 Corinthians 9:19 2 Cor 4:5; Gal 5:13 ↩
- 8. 1 Corinthians 9:19 Matt 18:15; 1 Pet 3:1 ↩
- 9. 1 Corinthians 9:20 Acts 16:3; 21:23-26; Rom 11:14 ↩
- 10. 1 Corinthians 9:20 Or law ↩
- 11. 1 Corinthians 9:20 Or law ↩
- 12. 1 Corinthians 9:20 Gal 2:19 ↩
- 13. 1 Corinthians 9:20 Or law ↩
- 14. 1 Corinthians 9:20 Or law ↩
- 15. 1 Corinthians 9:21 Rom 2:12, 14 ↩
- 16. 1 Corinthians 9:21 Gal 2:3; 3:2 ↩
- 17. 1 Corinthians 9:21 1 Cor 7:22; Gal 6:2 ↩
- 18. 1 Corinthians 9:22 Rom 14:1; 15:1; 2 Cor 11:29 ↩
- 19. 1 Corinthians 9:22 1 Cor 10:33 ↩
- 20. 1 Corinthians 9:22 Rom 11:14 ↩
- 21. 1 Corinthians 9:24 1 Cor 9:13 ↩
- 22. 1 Corinthians 9:24 Phil 3:14; Col 2:18 ↩
- 23. 1 Corinthians 9:24 Gal 2:2; 2 Tim 4:7; Heb 12:1 ↩
- 24. 1 Corinthians 9:25 Eph 6:12; 1 Tim 6:12; 2 Tim 2:5; 4:7 ↩
- 25. 1 Corinthians 9:25 2 Tim 4:8; James 1:12; 1 Pet 5:4; Rev 2:10; 3:11 ↩
- 26. 1 Corinthians 9:26 Gal 2:2; 2 Tim 4:7; Heb 12:1 ↩
- 27. 1 Corinthians 9:26 1 Cor 14:9 ↩
- 28. 1 Corinthians 9:27 Lit bruise ↩
- 29. 1 Corinthians 9:27 Rom 8:13 ↩
Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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