1 Corinthians 9:21
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“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.”
Χριστός
The one set apart and equipped for a specific task. Oil was poured on kings, priests and prophets in the Old Testament — the anointing meant: this one is chosen, this one is sent. Jesus stands up in Nazareth and reads Isaiah — and then says: this is Me. I am the one sent.
κερδαίνω
I may win
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κερδαίνω
To gain, to profit, to acquire. Kerdaino. What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his own soul. The world offers much and costs everything. Christ costs everything and gives more.
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ἵνα
so that
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ἵνα
That, in order that, so that. Hina. For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son in order that whoever believes in Him should not perish. The purpose of the cross is clear.
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θεός
of God
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θεός
God. Theos. In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God. The ultimate reality. The source of all existence. Personal knowable and present.
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ἔννομος
under the law
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ἔννομος
(subjectively) legal, or (objectively) subject to
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εἰμί
being
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εἰμί
I exist (used only when emphatic)
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