1 Corinthians 9:21

to those without law, as without law (not being without law to God, but under law to Christ), that I might gain those without law.

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

In The King James Version

To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law.

In Context

20And to the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain Jews; to those under law, as under law, not being myself under law, that I might gain those under law;

22To the weak I became as weak, that I might gain the weak. I have become all things to all, that I may by all means save some.

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Cross References

Acts 15:28For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit, and to us, to lay upon you no further burden except these necessary things;

Acts 21:25But concerning the Gentiles who have believed, we wrote to them, deciding that they should observe no such thing, except that they keep themselves from things offered to idols, and from blood, and from what is strangled, and from fornication.

Romans 2:14for when Gentiles, who have no law, do by nature the things required by law, these, having no law, are a law to themselves;

Romans 7:25I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then I myself with the mind serve the law of God, but with the flesh the law of sin.

Romans 13:8Owe no one anything, but to love one another; for he that loves another has fulfilled the law.

Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 9:20-24

The Apostle's Devotedness. ( a. d. 57.) 19 For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more. 20 And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law; 21 To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law. 22 To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain… Read the whole commentary →

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