To the weak: 1 Corinthians 8:13; Romans 15:1; 2 Corinthians 11:29; Galatians 6:1
I am: 1 Corinthians 10:33
that I might by: 1 Corinthians 9:19, 1 Corinthians 7:16; Romans 11:14
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1 Corinthians 9:22
1 Corinthians 9:22
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