1 Corintios 9:23

23 Todo esto lo hago por causa del evangelio, para participar de sus frutos.

1 Corintios 9:23 Meaning and Commentary

1 Corinthians 9:23

And this I do for the Gospel's sake
The Alexandrian copy and some others read, "all things I do" and so the Vulgate Latin and Ethiopic versions; that is, he became all things to all men, and so and so to different persons; not for his own sake, for his own temporal advantage, or to curry favour with men; not for the sake of gaining wealth, or honour and applause to himself, but for the spread of the Gospel, and its greater usefulness among men: to which he adds,

that I might be partaker thereof with you;
meaning either the fruit of the Gospel, the conversion and salvation of sinners, which would be matter of joy both to him and them; or the blessings of grace and eternal life, which the Gospel reveals and promises, which he desired to enjoy in common with others, not only with the Corinthians, for the word "you" is not in the original text, but with Jews and Gentiles; with men of all sorts, who may be gained over to Christ, and saved by him, through the ministry of the word.

1 Corintios 9:23 In-Context

21 Entre los que no tienen la ley me volví como los que están sin ley (aunque no estoy libre de la ley de Dios sino comprometido con la ley de Cristo), a fin de ganar a los que están sin ley.

22 Entre los débiles me hice débil, a fin de ganar a los débiles. Me hice todo para todos, a fin de salvar a algunos por todos los medios posibles.

23 Todo esto lo hago por causa del evangelio, para participar de sus frutos.

24 ¿No saben que en una carrera todos los corredores compiten, pero solo uno obtiene el premio? Corran, pues, de tal modo que lo obtengan.

25 Todos los deportistas se entrenan con mucha disciplina. Ellos lo hacen para obtener un premio que se echa a perder; nosotros, en cambio, por uno que dura para siempre.