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I becameἐγενόμηνto the weakτοῖς ἀσθενέσινweak,ἀσθενήςso thatἵναI might winκερδήσωthe weak.τοὺς ἀσθενεῖςI have becomeγέγοναall thingsπάνταto all people,τοῖς πᾶσινso thatἵναby all meansπάντωςI might saveσώσωsome.τινὰς
1 Corinthians 9:22
Study it in the app“I became to the weak weak, so that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all people, so that by all means I might save some.”
With the Greek beneath
1 Corinthians 9:22, word by word
- I becameἐγενόμηνegenomēn
become
To turn into something new, different from before.
Where else “egenomēn” appears- to the weakἀσθενέσινasthenesin
weak
Lacking strength or firmness; frail.
Where else “asthenesin” appears- I might winκερδήσωkerdēsō
win over
To bring a person to God or win them back, like gaining something precious.
Where else “kerdēsō” appears- by all meansπάντωςpantōs
surely, altogether
Altogether, by all means, surely; "not at all".
Where else “pantōs” appears- I might saveσώσωsōsō
save
To rescue from sin and ruin.
Where else “sōsō” appears
The context
21to those without the law as one without the law (not being without the law of God but under the law of the Messiah), so that I might win those without the law.
22 · This verse (above)
23And I do all things for the sake of the good news, so that I may become a fellow sharer in it.