1 Corinthians
King James Version (KJV)


“To 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.”
King James Version (KJV)
9:22 I became as weak - As if I had been scrupulous too. I became all things to all men - Accommodating myself to all, so far as I could consistent with truth and sincerity.
1Co 9:22 To the weak became I as weak. Adapted himself to their weakness as he had directed the "strong" (1Co 4:10) at Corinth to do. I am made all things to all [men], etc. While steadfastly keeping Christ's law he adapted himself to all men in the hope of gaining them.
To the weake became I as weake, that I might gaine the weake: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all meanes saue some.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak; I have become all things to all men, so that I may by all means save some.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
To the weak I became weak, that I might gain the weak: I am become all things to all men, that I may by all means save some.
- American Standard Version (1901)
To the feeble, I was as one who is feeble, so that they might have salvation: I have been all things to all men, so that some at least might have salvation.
- Basic English Bible
To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all people so that by all possible means I might save some.
- Berean Standard Bible Bible
I became to the weak, [as] weak, in order that I might gain the weak. To all I have become all things, in order that at all events I might save some.
- Darby Bible
To the weak I became weak, that I might gain the weak. I became all things to all men, that I might save all.
- Douay-Rheims Bible
To the weak I became weak, that I might gain the weak: I am become all things to all men, that I may by all means save some.
- English Revised Version
To the weak I became as weak, that I might gain the weak. I have become all things to all men, that I may by all means save some.
- World English Bible