Focused Passage

1 Corinthians 9:19-23

Rights Surrendered, the Gospel Advanced, and Discipline for the Prize

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19Though I am free of obligation to anyone, I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible.

20To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law), to win those under the law.

21To those without the law I became like one without the law (though I am not outside the law of God but am under the law of Christ), to win those without the law.

22To 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.

23I do all this for the sake of the gospel, so that I may share in its blessings.

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Verse 19

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ThoughγὰρG1063ConjunctionI amὢνG1510Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singularfree of obligationἘλεύθεροςG1658Adjective - Nominative Masculine SingulartoἐκG1537PrepositionanyoneπάντωνG3956Adjective - Genitive Masculine PluralI make myself a slaveἐδούλωσαG1402Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular. . .ἐμαυτὸνG1683Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 1st Person Singularto everyoneπᾶσινG3956Adjective - Dative Masculine PluraltoἵναG2443ConjunctionwinκερδήσωG2770Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 1st Person Singular-τοὺςG3588Article - Accusative Masculine Pluralas many as possibleπλείοναςG4119Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural - Comparative
Verse 20

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-καὶG2532ConjunctionTo theτοῖςG3588Article - Dative Masculine PluralJewsἸουδαίοιςG2453Adjective - Dative Masculine PluralI becameἐγενόμηνG1096Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 1st Person SingularlikeὡςG5613Adverba JewἸουδαῖοςG2453Adjective - Nominative Masculine SingulartoἵναG2443ConjunctionwinκερδήσωG2770Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 1st Person Singular[the] JewsἸουδαίουςG2453Adjective - Accusative Masculine PluralTo thoseτοῖςG3588Article - Dative Masculine PluralunderὑπὸG5259Preposition[the] lawνόμονG3551Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular[I became like one]ὡςG5613AdverbunderὑπὸG5259Preposition[the] lawνόμονG3551Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular([though I] myselfαὐτὸςG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative Masculine 3rd Person SingularamὢνG1510Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine SingularnotμὴG3361AdverbunderὑπὸG5259Preposition[the] law)νόμονG3551Noun - Accusative Masculine SingulartoἵναG2443ConjunctionwinκερδήσωG2770Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 1st Person SingularthoseτοὺςG3588Article - Accusative Masculine PluralunderὑπὸG5259Preposition[the] lawνόμονG3551Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Verse 21

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To thoseτοῖςG3588Article - Dative Masculine Pluralwithout [the] lawἀνόμοιςG459Adjective - Dative Masculine Plural[I became like one]ὡςG5613Adverbwithout [the] lawἄνομοςG459Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular([though I] amὢνG1510Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine SingularnotμὴG3361Adverboutside [the] lawἄνομοςG459Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singularof GodΘεοῦG2316Noun - Genitive Masculine Singularbut [am]ἀλλ’G235Conjunctionunder [the] lawἔννομοςG1772Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singularof Christ)ΧριστοῦG5547Noun - Genitive Masculine SingulartoἵναG2443ConjunctionwinκερδάνωG2770Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 1st Person SingularthoseτοὺςG3588Article - Accusative Masculine Pluralwithout [the] lawἀνόμουςG459Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural
Verse 22

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To theτοῖςG3588Article - Dative Masculine PluralweakἀσθενέσινG772Adjective - Dative Masculine PluralI becameἐγενόμηνG1096Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 1st Person SingularweakἀσθενήςG772Adjective - Nominative Masculine SingulartoἵναG2443ConjunctionwinκερδήσωG2770Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 1st Person SingulartheτοὺςG3588Article - Accusative Masculine PluralweakἀσθενεῖςG772Adjective - Accusative Masculine PluralI have becomeγέγοναG1096Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 1st Person SingularallπάνταG3956Adjective - Nominative Neuter PluralthingsτοῖςG3588Article - Dative Masculine Pluralto all [people]πᾶσινG3956Adjective - Dative Masculine Pluralso thatἵναG2443Conjunctionby all possible meansπάντωςG3843AdverbI might saveσώσωG4982Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 1st Person SingularsomeτινὰςG5100Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Accusative Masculine Plural
Verse 23

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-δὲG1161ConjunctionI doποιῶG4160Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singularall [this]ΠάνταG3956Adjective - Accusative Neuter Pluralfor the sake ofδιὰG1223PrepositiontheτὸG3588Article - Accusative Neuter SingulargospelεὐαγγέλιονG2098Noun - Accusative Neuter Singularso thatἵναG2443ConjunctionI may shareγένωμαιG1096Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Middle - 1st Person Singular. . .συνκοινωνὸςG4791Noun - Nominative Masculine Singularin its [blessings]αὐτοῦG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Neuter 3rd Person Singular

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