고린도전서 9:20 KRV

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 9:19-23

The principle of accommodation. Paul's resolve to preach the gospel without charge was but one instance of the general rule which guided his life. Though under obligation to none, he yet became the servant of all—"all things to all men." He accommodated himself to the Jews ( 1 Corinthians 9:20 ), as when he circumcised Timothy ( Acts 16:3 ) and purified himself in the temple ( Acts 21:26 ). He accommodated himself to the Gentiles ( 1 Corinthians 9:21 ), by refusing to impose the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 9:20

Unto the Jews I became as a Jew. When, for instance, he circumcised Timothy ( Acts 12:3 ) and probably Titus also ; and he was continuing this principle of action when he took the vow of the Nazarite ( Acts 21:21-26 ), and called himself "a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees" ( Acts 23:6 ). To them that are under the Law. That is, not only to Jews, but even to the most rigorous legalists among the Jews. It should be carefully observed that St. Paul is here describing the innocent... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 9:20-21

Under the Law and without Law, both to be one for Christ. The apostle is illustrating what we may call the "Christian law of accommodation," and is urging There can be no accommodation of Christian principle and truth. The sphere for it is I. MEN ARE CLASSED BY THEIR RELATIONS TO LAW . The term "law" may be applied to: 1. The natural conditions under which God has created us and set us. These are known, more or less distinctly, to every man. 2. Particular... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 9:20

And unto the Jews - In this verse, and the two following, Paul states more at length the conduct which he had exhibited, and to which he refers in 1 Corinthians 9:19. He had shown this conduct to all classes of people. He had preached much to his own countrymen, and had evinnced these principles there.I became as a Jew - I complied with their rites, customs, prejudices, as far as I could with a good conscience. I did not needlessly offend them. I did not attack and oppose their views, when... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Corinthians 9:20-23

1 Corinthians 9:20-23. To the Jews I became as a Jew Conforming myself in all things to their manner of living, so far as I could with innocence. And, inasmuch as in the preceding chapter the apostle directed the Corinthians to comply with the prejudices of their weak brethren, in the affair of meats sacrificed to idols, and declared his own resolution, that if his eating meat occasioned others to sin, he would not eat flesh while he lived; it is therefore probable that his becoming to the... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 9:1-23

Paul’s example (9:1-23)The principle Paul has been teaching in the previous chapter is that no matter what rights Christians may have, they should be willing to sacrifice those rights for the sake of others. He now demonstrates that principle with a number of personal examples.Paul has the same rights as others, and in fact more, since he is an apostle. But he does not always exercise his rights. Some people have misunderstood this and think that he is not an apostle at all. Paul points out... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Corinthians 9:20

under . App-104 . the law = law. The texts add, "Not as being myself under law". read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 9:20

And to the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, not being myself under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law.I became as a Jew ... has the meaning that Paul did not then any longer consider himself as a Jew, except in an accommodative sense. At a time when it is being alleged that Jews do not have to give up their Jewry to become Christians, it is significant here that Paul did, in some very real sense, consider that... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 Corinthians 9:20

1 Corinthians 9:20. Unto the Jews I became as a Jew, &c.— For an illustration of this, see Acts 16:3; Acts 21:21; Act 21:40 which instances were undoubtedly a specimen of many more of the like kind. As under the law, in the next clause, can only signify that he voluntarily complied with it as an indifferent thing; but it cannot by any means imply, that he declared such observances necessary, or refused to converse with any who would not conform to them: for this was the very dissimulation... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 9:20

20. I became as a Jew—in things not defined by the law, but by Jewish usage. Not Judaizing in essentials, but in matters where there was no compromise of principle (compare Acts 16:3; Acts 21:20-26); an undesigned coincidence between the history and the Epistle, and so a sure proof of genuineness. to them that are under the law, as under the law—in things defined by the law; such as ceremonies not then repugnant to Christianity. Perhaps the reason for distinguishing this class from the former... read more