unto: Acts 16:3, Acts 17:2, Acts 17:3, Acts 18:18, Acts 21:20-Ezekiel : are under: Romans 3:19, Romans 6:14, Romans 6:15, Galatians 4:5, Galatians 4:21, Galatians 5:18 Reciprocal: Exodus 26:26 - bars of shittim wood Matthew 4:19 - I will Acts 21:24 - but Acts 21:26 - Then Romans 10:1 - my heart's Romans 11:14 - by 1 Corinthians 9:19 - that Galatians 2:3 - General Galatians 3:23 - under Galatians 4:12 - be Philippians 2:12 - own read more
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;To the Jews I became as a Jew — Conforming myself in all things to their manner of thinking and living, so far as; I could with innocence.To them that are under the law — Who apprehend themselves to be still bound by the Mosaic law.As under the law — Observing it myself, while I am among them. Not that he declared this to be necessary,... read more
PAUL’S FIFTH RESPONSE: TO THE QUESTION AFFECTING HIS APOSTOLICITY, 1 Corinthians 9:1 to 1 Corinthians 10:13 The intense purpose of sacrificing his own rights in regard to eating meat, expressed so vividly in the last chapter, (see note on the closing verse,) suggests to St. Paul a parallel sacrifice of his own apostolic rights which he had thus far practiced through his whole mission. Fully maintaining the right of an apostle to be maintained by the Church, he had abdicated that right in his... read more
20. Became as a Jew Not became a Jew. In circumcising Timothy Paul became as a Jew; in refusing to circumcise Titus he refused to become a Jew. Them that are under the law But not born Jews; namely, the proselytes to Judaism. His adjustment to these “he proved by non-observance of the law, by the rejection of circumcision, by intercourse with the Gentiles, or by accommodation to their language and arguments, as in Acts 14:16-17; Act 17:28 ; 1 Corinthians 8:1-7; 1 Corinthians 9:24-27.” ... read more
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John Trapp Complete Commentary - 1 Corinthians 9:20
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; Ver. 20. And unto the Jews, &c. ] Not in conforming to their impieties; but, 1. In the use of things indifferent; 2. In merciful compassion toward them. To them that are under the law ] Though not Jews born, yet proselytes, as the Ethiopian eunuch, Cornelius, &c. read more