1 Corinthians 9:22
With the weak I became weak, to win over the weak. To all people I have become all things, so that one way or another I may save some.
Treated in 27 passages across the library.
Where it is preached
- Portraits of Courage – Mary Slessor ·
Taming the Roughs cites 1 Corinthians 9:22
…gain the weak: I am become all things to all men, that I may by all means save some” (1 Corinthians 9:22, ASV). Mary Slessor did not have to become poor to reach the poor of Dundee. She was one…
- Portraits of Courage – Mary Slessor ·
Appendix A: Lessons from the Life of Mary Slessor cites 1 Corinthians 9:22
…gain the weak: I am become all things to all men, that I may by all means save some” (1 Corinthians 9:22, ASV). 6. Honour the Mercy of Those Outside the Faith Ma Eme risked her life, again and…
- Portraits of Courage – Mary Slessor ·
Appendix B: Chapter-by-Chapter Study and Reflection Guide cites 1 Corinthians 9:22
…them, and to stay where she was when she wanted to run. Scriptures to revisit Mark 12:37; 1 Corinthians 9:22; 2 Timothy 1:7. Reflection 1. Where do you meet people “as one of themselves”? 2. What…
- Men Who Tended the Flock ·
Gregory the Great — The Servant of Servants cites 1 Corinthians 9:22
…I have become all things to all people so that by all possible means I might save some” (1 Corinthians 9:22, NIV). This was not inconsistency or sycophancy — it was pastoral intelligence, the skill…
- Men Who Tended the Flock ·
Scripture Appendix: God’s Word on the Pastoral Calling cites 1 Corinthians 9:22
…but the sleek and the strong I will destroy. I will shepherd the flock with justice.” 1 Corinthians 9:22 — “To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all people so…
- Portraits of Courage – C. S. Lewis ·
Appendix B: Chapter-by-Chapter Study and Reflection Guide cites 1 Corinthians 9:22
…learned humility talking to airmen. Scriptures to revisit 1 Peter 3:15; Colossians 4:6; 1 Corinthians 9:22. Reflection 1. Could you explain your faith plainly to a neighbour? 2. What would you…
- Practical Religion ·
Zeal cites 1 Cor. ix. 22
…Paul? He says, "I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some." (1 Cor. ix. 22.) Take, for another instance, zeal against evil practices. Such zeal will make a man hate…
- Practical Religion ·
The World cites 1 Cor. ix. 22
…our Master with us wherever we go, who can tell but we may "save some," and get no harm? (1 Cor. ix. 22.) (c) When St. Paul says, "Come out and be separate," he did not mean that Christians…
- Portraits of Courage – David Livingstone ·
Appendix a: Lessons from the Life of David Livingstone cites 1 Corinthians 9:22
…of the people. “I am become all things to all men, that I may by all means save some” (1 Corinthians 9:22, ASV). 6. Honour Those Who Save Your Life Mebalwe ran at the lion with a gun that would…
- Portraits of Courage – Amy Carmichael ·
Appendix a: Lessons from the Life of Amy Carmichael cites 1 Corinthians 9:22
…a sari in India. “I am become all things to all men, that I may by all means save some” (1 Corinthians 9:22, ASV). 9. Faithfulness, Not Success Most days in the villages ended as they began. She…
- The Key Teachings of George Whitefield ·
Into the Open Fields cites 1 CORINTHIANS 9:22
…rest he would not. I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some. 1 CORINTHIANS 9:22 His farewell sermon of 1769 contains a remark that explains his attitude. If it were…
- A Retrospect (For Teens) ·
Becoming One of Them cites 1 Corinthians 9:22
…the weak. I have become all things to all people, that by all means I might save some.” — 1 Corinthians 9:22 (ESV) When Taylor first reached China he did what nearly every foreigner did: he stayed a…
- All Things for Good ·
Exhortations to those who are called cites 1 Cor. ix. 22
…of an affable temper. “I am made all things to men, that I might by all means save some” (1 Cor. ix. 22). In lesser matters the apostle yielded to others, that by his obliging manner he might…
- The Key Teachings of Hudson Taylor ·
Self-Denial versus Self-Assertion cites 1 CORINTHIANS 9:22
…gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some. 1 CORINTHIANS 9:22 In 1855, a year after he landed in Shanghai, Hudson Taylor did something most of his…
- The Key Teachings of Catherine Booth ·
Adaptation of Measures cites 1 CORINTHIANS 9:22
…gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some. 1 CORINTHIANS 9:22 The Salvation Army scandalised Victorian England long before it had that name. Its…
- The Key Teachings of Charles H. Spurgeon ·
He That Winneth Souls cites 1 CORINTHIANS 9:22
…we live for them?” I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some. 1 CORINTHIANS 9:22 He warns in the same passage that Christian work can drift towards lesser aims. A church…
- Evening by Evening ·
December cites 1 Corinthians 9:22
…December 7 “I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.” (1 Corinthians 9:22) Paul's great object was not merely to instruct and to improve, but to save. Anything…
- Portraits of Courage – C. T. Studd ·
In Chinese Dress cites 1 Corinthians 9:22
…later he said, “I am become all things to all men, that I may by all means save some” (1 Corinthians 9:22, ASV). Paul was a free man, a Roman citizen, a scholar with every reason for pride. He…
- The Soul-Winner ·
Soul-Saving Our One Business cites 1 Corinthians ix. 22
"I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some."—1 Corinthians ix. 22. It is a grand thing to see a man thoroughly possessed with one master-passion. Such a…
- The Bruised Reed ·
Christ will not quench small and weak beginnings cites 1 Cor. ix. 22
…of them that are weak, Rom. xv. 1. I become all things to all men, that I may win some, 1 Cor. ix. 22. O that this gaining and winning disposition were more in many ! Many, so far as in us…
- The Bruised Reed ·
Tenderness required in ministers toward young beginners cites 1 Cor. ix. 22
…that they might be examples of what they taught. St. Paul became all things to all men, 1 Cor. ix. 22, stooping unto them for their good: Christ came down from Heaven, and emptied himself of…
- Holiness ·
Wants of the Times cites 1 Cor. ix. 22
…in religion, and the evident spread of a desire “by all means to save some.” (1 Cor. ix. 22.) I thank God for shortened services, home missions, and evangelistic movements like that…
- Old Paths ·
Few Saved! cites 1 Cor. ix. 22
…of God,—to awaken the sleeping,—to arouse the careless,—and” by all means to save some. “(1 Cor. ix. 22.) Think not that all is done when we have set up regular services, and persuaded people…
- Knots Untied ·
The Fallibility of Ministers cites 1 Cor. ix. 22
…by all means I may save some.” (Rom. xii. 16; 1 Thess. v. 13; Phil. iii. 16; Eph. iv. 5 1 Cor. ix. 22.) Yet see how he acts here! He withstands Peter to the face. He publicly rebukes him. He…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 3, Chapter 19 — Of Christian Liberty cites 1 Cor. 9:20-22
…gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some” (1 Cor. 9:20-22). We have here the proper modification of liberty, when in things indifferent it can be…
- Portraits of Courage – Amy Carmichael ·
Appendix B: Chapter-by-Chapter Study and Reflection Guide cites 1 Corinthians 9:19-23
…the faithfulness of God in loneliness. Scriptures to revisit Psalm 113:3; Psalm 34:22; 1 Corinthians 9:19-23. Reflection 1. What might be the “fur gloves” in your witness? 2. How do you face the…
- Portraits of Courage – C. T. Studd ·
Appendix B: Chapter-by-Chapter Study and Reflection Guide cites 1 Corinthians 9:19-23
…a servant in a church that Chinese Christians were already leading. Scriptures to revisit 1 Corinthians 9:19-23; Philippians 2:5-7. Reflection 1. Where are you a beginner, and how does it feel? 2. What…