to them that are without law [pagans and Gentiles-- Romans 2:12], as without law [Romans 6:14. He did not seek to enforce the laws of Moses among the Gentiles, as did the Jews, and he refrained from insulting heathens in their beliefs (Acts 19:37), and dealt gently with their prejudices-- Acts 17:30], not being without law to God [for the Gentiles themselves were not wholly without such law-- Romans 2:14-15], but under law to Christ [Paul did not forget his obligations to the moral law, nor his duty to the will of Christ. Though behaving himself as a Jew in Jerusalem in things indifferent, he rebuked Peter openly for playing the Jew in Antioch in matters of principle (Galatians 2:11-21). Peter knew better-- Acts 15:10], that I might gain them that are without law.

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