1 Corinthians 9:23
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for 1 Corinthians 9:23 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
1 Corinthians 9:23 is a verse from the book of 1 Corinthians in the New Testament. The KJV reads: "And this I do for the gospel's sake, that I might be partaker thereof with you." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
1 Corinthians 9:23 — KJV
“And this I do for the gospel's sake, that I might be partaker thereof with you.”
— 1 Corinthians 9:23 (KJV)
1 Corinthians 9:23 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 9:23
“But I will for their sakes remember the covenant of their ancestors, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the heathen, that I might be their God: I am the LORD.”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 9:23: sake, might
“And the LORD said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thine hand Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valour.”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 9:23: might, thereof
“That they feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, as one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all the men thereof were mighty. royal...: Heb. cities of the kingdom”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 9:23: might, thereof
“Only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing thereof;”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 9:23: might, thereof
“Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the LORD, curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof; because they came not to the help of the LORD, to the help of the LORD against the mighty.”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 9:23: might, thereof
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