1 Corinthians 9:21

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

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

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 I became to the Jews as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to those under the law, as under the law, that I might gain those who are under the law;

22I became to the weak as weak, that I might gain the weak; I became all things to all men, that by every means I might save some.

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Cross References

Acts 15:28For it hath seemed good to the Holy Ghost and to us, to lay upon you no other burden except these things which are of absolute necessity;

Acts 21:25Concerning the Gentiles who have believed, we have already written, deciding that they should observe no such thing, except that they should guard themselves from idol sacrifices, and blood, and what is strangled, and from whoredom.

Romans 2:14(for when the Gentiles, who have not the law naturally, do the things of the law, these, though not having the law, are a law unto themselves:

Romans 7:25I give thanks to God through Jesus Christ our Lord. Well then, I myself with my mind am servant to the law of God; but in my flesh to the law of sin.

Romans 13:8Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath 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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