1 Corinthians 9:21 · KJV
“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.”
— 1 Corinthians 9:21
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 weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all {men}, that I might by all means save some.
1 Corinthians 9 — Context
For though I be free from all {men}, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more.
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;
21To 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.
22To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all {men}, that I might by all means save some.
23And this I do for the gospel's sake, that I might be partaker thereof with {you}.
Cross References
Romans 2:12
For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law;
Romans 2:14
For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves:
Galatians 3:2
This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
Matthew 5:17-20
Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
1 Corinthians 7:19-22
Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God.
Titus 2:2-12
That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience. {sober: or, vigilant}
Galatians 5:13-14
For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only {use} not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.
1 Thessalonians 4:1-2
Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort {you} by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, {so} ye would abound more and more. {beseech: or, request} {exhort: or, beseech}