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1 Corinthians 9

1 Co. 9:22 KJV (With Strong’s)

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To the weak
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
asthenes (Greek #772)
strengthless (in various applications, literal, figurative and moral)
KJV usage: more feeble, impotent, sick, without strength, weak(-er, -ness, thing).
Pronounce: as-then-ace'
Origin: from 1 (as a negative particle) and the base of 4599
a became I
ginomai (Greek #1096)
to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e. (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.)
KJV usage: arise, be assembled, be(-come, -fall, -have self), be brought (to pass), (be) come (to pass), continue, be divided, draw, be ended, fall, be finished, follow, be found, be fulfilled, + God forbid, grow, happen, have, be kept, be made, be married, be ordained to be, partake, pass, be performed, be published, require, seem, be showed, X soon as it was, sound, be taken, be turned, use, wax, will, would, be wrought.
Pronounce: ghin'-om-ahee
Origin: a prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb
as
hos (Greek #5613)
which how, i.e. in that manner (very variously used, as follows)
KJV usage: about, after (that), (according) as (it had been, it were), as soon (as), even as (like), for, how (greatly), like (as, unto), since, so (that), that, to wit, unto, when(-soever), while, X with all speed.
Pronounce: hoce
Origin: probably adverb of comparative from 3739
weak
asthenes (Greek #772)
strengthless (in various applications, literal, figurative and moral)
KJV usage: more feeble, impotent, sick, without strength, weak(-er, -ness, thing).
Pronounce: as-then-ace'
Origin: from 1 (as a negative particle) and the base of 4599
, that
hina (Greek #2443)
in order that (denoting the purpose or the result)
KJV usage: albeit, because, to the intent (that), lest, so as, (so) that, (for) to. Compare 3363.
Pronounce: hin'-ah
Origin: probably from the same as the former part of 1438 (through the demonstrative idea; compare 3588)
I might gain
kerdaino (Greek #2770)
to gain (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: (get) gain, win.
Pronounce: ker-dah'-ee-no
Origin: from 2771
the weak
asthenes (Greek #772)
strengthless (in various applications, literal, figurative and moral)
KJV usage: more feeble, impotent, sick, without strength, weak(-er, -ness, thing).
Pronounce: as-then-ace'
Origin: from 1 (as a negative particle) and the base of 4599
: Ib am made
ginomai (Greek #1096)
to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e. (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.)
KJV usage: arise, be assembled, be(-come, -fall, -have self), be brought (to pass), (be) come (to pass), continue, be divided, draw, be ended, fall, be finished, follow, be found, be fulfilled, + God forbid, grow, happen, have, be kept, be made, be married, be ordained to be, partake, pass, be performed, be published, require, seem, be showed, X soon as it was, sound, be taken, be turned, use, wax, will, would, be wrought.
Pronounce: ghin'-om-ahee
Origin: a prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb
all things
pas (Greek #3956)
apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole
KJV usage: all (manner of, means), alway(-s), any (one), X daily, + ever, every (one, way), as many as, + no(-thing), X thoroughly, whatsoever, whole, whosoever.
Pronounce: pas
Origin: including all the forms of declension
to all
pas (Greek #3956)
apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole
KJV usage: all (manner of, means), alway(-s), any (one), X daily, + ever, every (one, way), as many as, + no(-thing), X thoroughly, whatsoever, whole, whosoever.
Pronounce: pas
Origin: including all the forms of declension
men, that
hina (Greek #2443)
in order that (denoting the purpose or the result)
KJV usage: albeit, because, to the intent (that), lest, so as, (so) that, (for) to. Compare 3363.
Pronounce: hin'-ah
Origin: probably from the same as the former part of 1438 (through the demonstrative idea; compare 3588)
c I might
sozo (Greek #4982)
to save, i.e. deliver or protect (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: heal, preserve, save (self), do well, be (make) whole.
Pronounce: sode'-zo
Origin: from a primary σῶς (contraction for obsolete σάος, "safe")
by all means
pantos (Greek #3843)
entirely; specially, at all events, (with negative, following) in no event
KJV usage: by all means, altogether, at all, needs, no doubt, in (no) wise, surely.
Pronounce: pan'-toce
Origin: adverb from 3956
save
sozo (Greek #4982)
to save, i.e. deliver or protect (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: heal, preserve, save (self), do well, be (make) whole.
Pronounce: sode'-zo
Origin: from a primary σῶς (contraction for obsolete σάος, "safe")
some
tis (Greek #5100)
some or any person or object
KJV usage: a (kind of), any (man, thing, thing at all), certain (thing), divers, he (every) man, one (X thing), ought, + partly, some (man, -body, - thing, -what), (+ that no-)thing, what(-soever), X wherewith, whom(-soever), whose(-soever).
Pronounce: tis
Origin: an enclitic indefinite pronoun
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a
Ro. 15:1• 1Así que, los que somos más firmes debemos sobrellevar las flaquezas de los flacos, y no agradarnos á nosotros mismos. (Ro. 15:1)
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2 Co. 11:29• 29¿Quién enferma, y yo no enfermo? ¿Quién se escandaliza, y yo no me quemo? (2 Co. 11:29)
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1 Co. 10:33• 33Como también yo en todas las cosas complazco á todos, no procurando mi propio beneficio, sino el de muchos, para que sean salvos. (1 Co. 10:33)
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Ro. 11:14• 14Por si en alguna manera provocase á celos á mi carne, e hiciese salvos á algunos de ellos. (Ro. 11:14)

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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To the weak.
1 Co. 8:13• 13Por lo cual, si la comida es á mi hermano ocasión de caer, jamás comeré carne por no escandalizar á mi hermano. (1 Co. 8:13)
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Ro. 15:1• 1Así que, los que somos más firmes debemos sobrellevar las flaquezas de los flacos, y no agradarnos á nosotros mismos. (Ro. 15:1)
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2 Co. 11:29• 29¿Quién enferma, y yo no enfermo? ¿Quién se escandaliza, y yo no me quemo? (2 Co. 11:29)
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Gá. 6:1• 1Hermanos, si alguno fuere tomado en alguna falta, vosotros que sois espirituales, restaurad al tal con el espíritu de mansedumbre; considerándote á ti mismo, porque tú no seas también tentado. (Gá. 6:1)
I am.
1 Co. 10:33• 33Como también yo en todas las cosas complazco á todos, no procurando mi propio beneficio, sino el de muchos, para que sean salvos. (1 Co. 10:33)
that I might by.
1 Co. 9:19• 19Por lo cual, siendo libre para con todos, me he hecho siervo de todos por ganar á más. (1 Co. 9:19)
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1 Co. 7:16• 16Porque ¿de dónde sabes, oh mujer, si quizá harás salva á tu marido? ¿ó de dónde sabes, oh marido, si quizá harás salvo á tu mujer? (1 Co. 7:16)
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Ro. 11:14• 14Por si en alguna manera provocase á celos á mi carne, e hiciese salvos á algunos de ellos. (Ro. 11:14)
• He would not wound the scruples of the feeblest. (“Notes in 1 Corinthians 9:15-27” by W. Kelly)
• It was not, as some basely misuse his words, to excuse tampering with the world, and so spare one's own flesh, which is really to become the prey of Satan. His was self-sacrifice in a faith which had only Christ for its object, and the bringing of every soul within one's reach into contact with His love. (“Notes in 1 Corinthians 9:15-27” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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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 eventsc I might save some.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "by all means."

W. Kelly Translation

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To the weak I became weak, that I might gain the weak; to all I have become all things, that by all means I might save some.