Study it in the app“And I became to the Jews as a Jew, so that I might win Jews; to those under the law as under the law (not being myself under the law), so that I might win those under the law;”
AndκαὶI becameἐγενόμηνto the Jewsτοῖς Ἰουδαίοιςasὡςa Jew,Ἰουδαῖοςso thatἵναI might winκερδήσωJews;Ἰουδαίουςto thoseτοῖςunderὑπὸthe lawνόμονasὡςunderὑπὸthe lawνόμον(notμὴbeingὢνmyselfαὐτὸςunderὑπὸthe law),νόμονso thatἵναI might winκερδήσωthoseτοὺςunderὑπὸthe law;νόμον
become
To turn into something new, different from before.
Where else “egenomēn” appearsJew
A person of the people of Israel, named after the tribe of Judah.
Where else “Ioudaiois” appearswin over
To bring a person to God or win them back, like gaining something precious.
Where else “kerdēsō” appearslaw
The instructions God gave Israel through Moses; also, the whole of Scripture.
Where else “nomon” appearsbe
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “ōn” appearsMany manuscripts do not have the words in parentheses.
19For though I am free from all, I enslaved myself to all, so that I might win the more people.
20 · This verse (above)
21to those without the law as one without the law (not being without the law of God but under the law of the Messiah), so that I might win those without the law.
