OET interlinear 1COR 9:22

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

τοῖς ἀσθενέσιν, ἀσθενής & τοὺς ἀσθενεῖς

˱to˲_the weak weak & the weak

Much like in 8:7–12, weak identifies a person who easily feels guilty. A weak person thinks some things are wrong that are probably acceptable before God. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express weak with a comparable metaphor or express the idea plainly. Alternate translation: “To the sensitive … sensitive … the sensitive” or “To those who often condemn themselves … one who condemns himself … those who often condemn themselves”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

τοῖς ἀσθενέσιν & τοὺς ἀσθενεῖς

˱to˲_the weak & the weak

Paul is using the adjective weak as a noun in order to describe a group of people. Your language may use adjectives in the same way. If not, you could translate this with a noun phrase. Alternate translation: “To people who are weak … the people who are weak”

Note 3 topic: translate-unknown

κερδήσω

˱I˲_/may/_win

Just as in 9:19, to gain someone means to help that person believe in the Messiah. Translate this word the same way you did in 9:19. Alternate translation: “I might convert” or “I might gain for Christ”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

τοῖς πᾶσιν γέγονα πάντα

˱to˲_the ˱to˲_the_‹ones› all ˱I˲_/have/_become all_‹things›

Here, to become all things means that Paul has lived in many different ways. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the idea behind I have become all thingsmore naturally in your language. Alternate translation: “I have lived in all ways with everyone”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / hyperbole

τοῖς πᾶσιν γέγονα πάντα

˱to˲_the ˱to˲_the_‹ones› all ˱I˲_/have/_become all_‹things›

Here, all things and everyone are exaggerations that the Corinthians would have understood to mean that Paul has become many things to many people. Paul speaks in this way to emphasize that he is willing to become anything to anyone as long it leads to saving people. If it would be helpful in your language, you could qualify Paul’s claim and expression the emphasis in another way. Alternate translation: “I have become many things to many people”

ἵνα πάντως & σώσω

in_order_that in_order_that certainly & ˱I˲_/may/_save

Alternate translation: “so that, by using every means I have, I might save”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

πάντως & σώσω

certainly & ˱I˲_/may/_save

Here Paul speaks of how he leads others to faith in Jesus as “saving” them. By this, he means that he himself is the means by which God will save some. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express how Paul says that he can save some with a word or phrase that refers to leading someone towards “salvation,” that is, helping them to believe in Jesus. Alternate translation: “God might by all means use me to save”