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Forγὰρthough I amὢνfreeἘλεύθεροςfromἐκall,πάντωνI enslavedἐδούλωσαmyselfἐμαυτὸνto all,πᾶσινso thatἵναI might winκερδήσωthe more people.τοὺς πλείονας
1 Corinthians 9:19
Study it in the app“For though I am free from all, I enslaved myself to all, so that I might win the more people.”
With the Greek beneath
1 Corinthians 9:19, word by word
- though I amὢνōn
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “ōn” appears- freeἘλεύθεροςEleutheros
exempt
Free from a tie or obligation.
Where else “Eleutheros” appears- I enslavedἐδούλωσαedoulōsa
enslave
Enslave, make a slave; in the passive, be enslaved, be bound.
Where else “edoulōsa” appears- myselfἐμαυτὸνemauton
myself
Myself.
Where else “emauton” appears- I might winκερδήσωkerdēsō
win over
To bring a person to God or win them back, like gaining something precious.
Where else “kerdēsō” appears- the more peopleπλείοναςpleionas
many
A great number of people or things.
Where else “pleionas” appears
The context
18What then is my reward? That in proclaiming the good news I may offer the good news free of charge, so as not to make full use of my right in the good news.
19 · This verse (above)
20And I became to the Jews as a Jew, so that I might win Jews; to those under the law as under the law (not being myself under the law), so that I might win those under the law;