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1 Corinthians 9:21 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" to those who are without law, as without law (not being without law toward God, but under law toward Christ), that I might win those who are without law. "
1 Corinthians 9:21
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
19 For though I was free from all, I brought myself under bondage to all, that I might gain the more.
20 To the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain Jews; to those who are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain those who are under the law;
21 to those who are without law, as without law (not being without law toward God, but under law toward Christ), that I might win those who are without law.
22 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.
23 Now I do this for the sake of the Good News, that I may be a joint partaker of it.
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1 Corinthians 9:1
"Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Haven’t I seen Jesus Christ, our Lord? Aren’t you my work in the Lord?"
1 Corinthians 9:2
"If to others I am not an apostle, yet at least I am to you; for you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord."
1 Corinthians 9:3
"My defense to those who examine me is this:"
1 Corinthians 9:4
"Have we no right to eat and to drink?"
1 Corinthians 9:5
"Have we no right to take along a wife who is a believer, even as the rest of the apostles, and the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas?"
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"Or have only Barnabas and I no right to not work?"
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