1 Corintios 9:23

23 Y esto hago por causa del Evangelio, por hacerme juntamente participante de él.

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 a los que son sin ley, como si yo fuera sin ley, (no estando yo sin ley de Dios, sino en la ley de Cristo,) por ganar a los que estaban sin ley.

22 Soy hecho a los débiles como débil, por ganar a los débiles; a todos soy hecho todo, por hacer salvos a todos.

23 Y esto hago por causa del Evangelio, por hacerme juntamente participante de él.

24 ¿No sabéis que los que corren en el estadio, todos a la verdad corren, mas uno lleva el premio? Corred pues de tal manera que lo toméis.

25 Y todo aquel que lucha, en todo demuestra templanza; y ellos, a la verdad, para recibir una corona corruptible; mas nosotros, una incorruptible.