1 Corinthians 9:22

1 Corinthians 9:22. To the weak I became weak, that I might gain the weak the weak Christians. [1] I am become all things to all men, that I may by all means gain some. Noble sentiment, and as nobly expressed. Those who are fond of quoting the first part of it are seldom heard quoting the second, which if only kept steadily in view, will never fail to guide straightforward Christians to the proper limits of the principle.

[1] Meyer, De Wette, and Alford understand this, unnaturally, of the unconverted: Osiander and Stanley view it as above.