^20 (A)To the Jews I became as a Jew, in order to win Jews. To those under the law I became as one under the law (though not being myself under the law) that I might win those under the law.

³ Paul wanted Timothy to accompany him, and he ^(A)took him and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those places, for they all knew that his father was a Greek.

¹⁸ But if you are ^(A)led by the Spirit, ^(B)you are not under the law.

²⁰ And when they heard it, they ^(A)glorified God. And they said to him, “You see, brother, how many thousands there are among the Jews of those who have believed. They are all ^(B)zealous for the law, ²¹ and they have been told about you that you teach all ^(C)the Jews who are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, ^(D)telling them ^(E)not to circumcise their children or ^(F)walk according to ^(G)our customs. ²² What then is to be done? They will certainly hear that you have come. ²³ Do therefore what we tell you. We have four men ^(H)who are under a vow; ²⁴ take these men and ^(I)purify yourself along with them and pay their expenses, ^(J)so that they may shave their heads. Thus all will know that there is nothing in what they have been told about you, but that you yourself also live in observance of the law. ²⁵ But as for the Gentiles who have believed, ^(K)we have sent a letter with our judgment that they should abstain from what has been sacrificed to idols, and from blood, and from what has been strangled,^[a] and from sexual immorality.” ²⁶ Then Paul took the men, and the next day ^(L)he purified himself along with them and ^(M)went into the temple, giving notice when the days of purification would be fulfilled and ^(N)the offering presented for each one of them.

² And Paul went in, ^(A)as was his custom, and on three Sabbath days he reasoned with them ^(B)from the Scriptures, ^3 (C)explaining and proving that it was necessary for ^(D)the Christ to suffer and ^(E)to rise from the dead, and saying, “This Jesus, whom I proclaim to you, is the Christ.”

Example of Hagar and Sarah

²¹ Tell me, you who desire to be under the law, do you not listen to the law?

^5 (A)to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive ^(B)adoption as sons.

¹⁴ in order somehow to make my fellow Jews jealous, and ^(A)thus save some of them.

¹⁴ For ^(A)sin ^(B)will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace.

Slaves to Righteousness

¹⁵ What then? ^(C)Are we to sin ^(D)because we are not under law but under grace? By no means!