1 Corinthians 9:23 Commentary and Bible Study

That really is a very beautiful sentiment. I do this for the sake of the prosperity and progress of the gospel, and then he adds, ‘that I might be partaker thereof with you.’ The ‘you’ is supplied by the translators and it is the apostle’s way of saying, I am the same as you. You Corinthian Christians, you and I, are under the same standard in this regard. You and I are both commanded of the Lord to adjust to our hearers and to use the necessary simplicity of language and plainness of speech and directness of approach to accommodate ourselves to Jews, Gentile, reasoning, educated and uneducated, adults and children. You are under the same standard, so he beautifully adds, ‘that I might be partaker of the gospel with you.’ There is nothing different for the apostle or the preacher. The standard applies to us all.