Be all things – 1 Cor 9:20-21
Vs 20 – When Paul worked among the Jews he would live a Jewish lifestyle. He did this because that was the means to win them even though he was not obligated to love that way.
Vs 21 – Paul did the same when he worked among the gentiles. He lived like them. He did not violate his own personal convictions but in order to win them he would live a Christian life before them in righteousness and purity. Paul would live according to the law of Christ. To love God with all his being and then love his neighbor as Christ would love them. Where ever we find ourselves we are to be the best example of love, grace and purity that we can. This is the most effective way of winning people. One of my favorite sayings is, “Live your life so well that the neighborhood gossip will vouch for you.”
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