1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible

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I Corinthians 9:20

And I became to the Jews as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews.

I became to the Jews as a Jew. That is, upon occasions, not to hinder their conversion, I practised the ceremonies of their law; though I am not under their law, which is no longer obligatory, but only under the new law of Christ. (Witham)