20And 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;
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Him would Paul have to go forth with him; and took and circumcised him because of the Jews which were in those quarters: for they knew all that his father was a Greek.
But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.
And when they heard it, they glorified the Lord, and said unto him, Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are which believe; and they are all zealous of the law: …
And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures, …
If by any means I may provoke to emulation them which are my flesh, and might save some of them.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 19-23)The apostle takes occasion from what he had before discoursed to mention some other instances of his self-denial and parting with his liberty for the benefit of others. I. He asserts his liberty (1 Cor. 9:19): Though I be free from all men . He was free-born, a citizen of Rome. He was in bondage to none, nor depended upon any for his subsistence; yet he made himself a servant to all, that he might…
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