1 Corinthians 9:21

to those outside the law, as one outside the law (not being outside the law toward God, but subject to the law toward Christ), in order that I might win those outside the law;

English Majority Text (NT)

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, in order that I might win Jews; to those who are under the law, as under the law, in order that I might win those who are under the law;

22to the weak I became as weak, in order that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.

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Cross References

Acts 15:28For it seemed best to the Holy Spirit, and to us, to put on you no greater burden except for these necessary things:

Acts 21:25But as for the Gentile believers, we wrote, having judged that they should keep no such thing, except that they should keep themselves from things offered to idols, from blood, and from anything strangled, and from sexual immorality.” 1 Arrested in the Temple

Romans 2:14for whenever Gentiles, who do not have the law, by nature do what the law requires, these, not having the law, are a law unto 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 nothing to no one, except to love one another, for he who loves one 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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