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;
Ver. 20. And unto the Jews, &c.] Not in conforming to their impieties; but, 1. In the use of things indifferent; 2. In merciful compassion toward them.
To them that are under the law] Though not Jews born, yet proselytes, as the Ethiopian eunuch, Cornelius, &c.