1 Corinthians 9:21
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for 1 Corinthians 9:21 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
1 Corinthians 9:21 is a verse from the book of 1 Corinthians in the New Testament. The KJV reads: "To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might ..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
1 Corinthians 9:21 — KJV
“To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law.”
— 1 Corinthians 9:21 (KJV)
1 Corinthians 9:21 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 9:21
“That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ;”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 9:21: being, god, under
“Yea, all Israel have transgressed thy law, even by departing, that they might not obey thy voice; therefore the curse is poured upon us, and the oath that is written in the law of Moses the servant of God, because we have sinned against him.”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 9:21: law, god, might
“As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil is come upon us: yet made we not our prayer before the LORD our God, that we might turn from our iniquities, and understand thy truth. made...: Heb. intreated we not the face of the, etc”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 9:21: law, god, under
“But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him. rejected: or, frustrated against...: or, within themselves”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 9:21: law, being, god
“For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse: so...: or, that they may be”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 9:21: without, being, god
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