"For although I am a free man, not bound to do anyone's bidding, I have made myself a slave to all in order to win as many people as possible. That is, with Jews, what I did was put myself in the position of a Jew, in order to win Jews. With people in subjection to a legalistic perversion of the Torah, I put myself in the position of someone under such legalism, in order to win those under this legalism, even though I myself am not in subjection to a legalistic perversion of the Torah. With those who live outside the framework of Torah, put myself in the position of someone outside the Torah in order to win those outside the Torah-------although I myself am not outside the framework of God's Torah but within the framework of Torah as upheld by the Messiah. With the "weak" I became "weak," in order to win the "weak." With all kinds of people I have become all kinds of things, so that in all
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I Corinthians 9:19-23
"For
although I am a free man, not bound to do anyone's bidding, I have made
myself a slave to all in order to win as many people as possible. That
is, with Jews, what I did was put myself in the position of a Jew, in
order to win Jews. With people in subjection to a legalistic perversion
of the Torah, I put myself in the position of someone under such
legalism, in order to win those under this legalism, even though I
myself am not in subjection to a legalistic perversion of the Torah.
With those who live outside the framework of Torah, put myself in the
position of someone outside the Torah in order to win those outside the
Torah-------although I myself am not outside the framework of God's
Torah but within the framework of Torah as upheld by the Messiah. With
the "weak" I became "weak," in order to win the "weak." With all kinds
of people I have become all kinds of things, so that in all