1 Corinthians 9:21

to those without law, I became as without law, not being without the law of God, but under the law of Christ, that I may gain those without law.

1902 William Baxter Godbey 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, that I may gain the Jews; to those under the law, as under the law, not myself being under law, that I may gain those under the law;

22To the weak I became as weak, that I may gain the weak. I became all things to all men, that I may indeed save some.

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Cross References

Acts 15:28For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no more burden than these necessary things,

Acts 21:25But concerning the Gentiles who have believed, we have sent to them, adjudicating that they keep themselves from idolatry, and blood, and strangulation, and fornication.

Romans 2:14For when the Gentiles, not having the law, may by nature do the things of the law, they, not having the law, are a law unto themselves:

Romans 7:25Thanks be unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord: then therefore with the mind I serve the law of God; but with carnality the law of sin.

Romans 13:8Owe no man anything, but to love one another with divine love: for the one loving another with divine love 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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