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1 Corinthians 9:22

Witness and missionHumilitySalvationThe stranger and outcast

20 And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law;

21 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.

To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.

23 And this I do for the gospel’s sake, that I might be partaker thereof with you.

24 Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.

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BSB
To 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.
KJV
To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.
WEB
To the weak I became as weak, that I might gain the weak. I have become all things to all men, that I may by all means save some.
ASV
To the weak I became weak, that I might gain the weak: I am become all things to all men, that I may by all means save some.
DARBY
I became to the weak, [as] weak, in order that I might gain the weak. To all I have become all things, in order that at all events I might save some.
BLB
To the weak I became weak, so that I might gain the weak. I have become all things to all, so that by all means I might save some.
ÅB
for de skrøpelige er jeg blitt skrøpelig, for å vinne de skrøpelige; for dem alle er jeg blitt alt, for i alle tilfelle å frelse noen.
OTB
For de svake ble jeg som svak, for at jeg kunne vinne de svake; jeg har blitt alt for alle mennesker, for at jeg ved alle midler kan frelse noen.
B1930
for de skrøpelige er jeg blitt skrøpelig, for å vinne de skrøpelige; for dem alle er jeg blitt alt, for i alle tilfelle å frelse nogen.

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