1 Corinthians 9:19
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19 For though I am free with respect to all, I have made myself a slave to all, so that I might gain all the more.(A)
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Galatians 5:13
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13 For you were called to freedom, brothers and sisters, only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for self-indulgence,[a] but through love become enslaved to one another.(A)
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- 5.13 Gk the flesh
Matthew 18:15
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Reproving Another Who Sins
15 “If your brother or sister sins against you,[a] go and point out the fault when the two of you are alone. If you are listened to, you have regained that one.(A)
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- 18.15 Other ancient authorities lack against you
James 5:19-20
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19 My brothers and sisters, if anyone among you wanders from the truth[a] and is brought back by another, 20 you should know that whoever brings back a sinner from wandering will save the sinner’s[b] soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.(A)
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1 Timothy 4:16
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16 Pay close attention to yourself and to your teaching; continue in these things, for in doing this you will save both yourself and your hearers.(A)
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1 Corinthians 10:33
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33 just as I try to please everyone in everything I do, not seeking my own advantage but that of many, so that they may be saved.(A)
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2 Timothy 2:10
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10 Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, so that they may also obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory.(A)
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1 Corinthians 9:20-22
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20 To the Jews I became as a Jew, in order to gain Jews. To those under the law I became as one under the law (though I myself am not under the law) so that I might gain those under the law. 21 To those outside the law I became as one outside the law (though I am not outside God’s law but am within Christ’s law) so that I might gain those outside the law.(A) 22 To the weak I became weak, so that I might gain the weak. I have become all things to all people, that I might by all means save some.
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Matthew 20:26-28
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26 It will not be so among you, but whoever wishes to be great among you must be your servant,(A) 27 and whoever wishes to be first among you must be your slave, 28 just as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve and to give his life a ransom for many.”(B)
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2 Corinthians 4:5
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5 For we do not proclaim ourselves; we proclaim Jesus Christ as Lord and ourselves as your slaves for Jesus’s sake.(A)
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Romans 15:2
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2 Each of us must please our neighbor for the good purpose of building up the neighbor.(A)
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1 Peter 3:1
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Wives and Husbands
3 Wives, in the same way, be subject to your husbands, so that, even if some of them do not obey the word, they may be won over without a word by their wives’ conduct,(A)
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1 Corinthians 9:1
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The Rights of an Apostle
9 Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you not my work in the Lord?(A)
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Romans 1:14
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14 I am obligated both to Greeks and to barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish,
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John 13:14-15
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14 So if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet.(A) 15 For I have set you an example, that you also should do as I have done to you.(B)
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Proverbs 11:30
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30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life,
and the wise capture souls.(A)
Galatians 5:1
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1 Corinthians 7:16
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16 Wife, for all you know, you might save your husband. Husband, for all you know, you might save your wife.(A)
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Romans 11:14
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14 in order to make my own people[a] jealous and thus save some of them.(A)
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- 11.14 Gk my flesh
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