1 Corinthians 9:19 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁹For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more.

1 Corinthians 9:19 —

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Galatians 5:13
For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.
Matthew 18:15
Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.
1 Corinthians 10:33
Even as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved.
James 5:19-20
Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him; …
Matthew 20:26-28
But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister; …

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 19-23)

The apostle takes occasion from what he had before discoursed to mention some other instances of his self-denial and parting with his liberty for the benefit of others. I. He asserts his liberty (1 Cor. 9:19): Though I be free from all men. He was free-born, a citizen of Rome. He was in bondage to none, nor depended upon any for his subsistence; yet he made himself a servant to all, that he might…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 19)

19. free from all men--that is, from the power of all men. gain the more--that is, as many of them (“all men”) as possible. “Gain” is an appropriate expression in relation to a “reward” (1Th 2:19, 20); he therefore repeats it frequently (1Co 9:20-22).