1 Corinthians 9:19
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for 1 Corinthians 9:19 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
1 Corinthians 9:19 is a verse from the book of 1 Corinthians in the New Testament. The KJV reads: "For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
1 Corinthians 9:19 — KJV
“For 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 (KJV)
1 Corinthians 9:19 in Context — About the Book of 1 Corinthians
1 Corinthians is pastoral surgery on a gifted, divided, messy church — addressing factions, immorality, lawsuits, worship chaos, and doubts about resurrection. It contains the love chapter read at countless weddings and the Bible's fullest teaching on spiritual gifts and the resurrection body.
Cross-References for 1 Corinthians 9:19
“And ye are risen up against my father's house this day, and have slain his sons, threescore and ten persons, upon one stone, and have made Abimelech, the son of his maidservant, king over the men of Shechem, because he is your brother;)”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 9:19: men, made, servant
“For all of my father's house were but dead men before my lord the king: yet didst thou set thy servant among them that did eat at thine own table. What right therefore have I yet to cry any more unto the king? dead...: Heb. men of death”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 9:19: men, yet, servant
“I am this day fourscore years old: and can I discern between good and evil? can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? wherefore then should thy servant be yet a burden unto my lord the king?”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 9:19: men, yet, servant
“Moreover the Philistines had yet war again with Israel; and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines: and David waxed faint.”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 9:19: yet, servant, gain
“Yet the LORD testified against Israel, and against Judah, by all the prophets, and by all the seers, saying, Turn ye from your evil ways, and keep my commandments and my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my servants the prophets. by: Heb. by the hand of”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 9:19: men, yet, servant
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