1 Corinthians 9:21

to those without law as without law (not being without law toward God but under law toward Christ), that I might win those without law;

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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

20To the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might win Jews; to those under law as under law, that I might win those under law;

22to the weak I became as weak, 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 15:28It seemed good to the Holy Spirit, and to us, to place no greater burden upon you than these necessary things:

Acts 21:25But concerning the Gentiles who believe we have written, having judged that they need observe no such thing, except that they should keep themselves from that offered to idols, from the blood, from anything strangled, and from fornication.”

Romans 2:14(indeed, whenever the ethnic nations that do not have law do by nature the things of the law, these, although not having law, are a law to themselves;

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

Romans 13:8Owe no one anything except to love one another, since he who loves the other 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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