God's Law Made Easy by Kenneth L. Gentry Jr
The immediate contextual setting of Paul's statement suggests he is dealing with 'the Law' as that which separates the Jewish race from the Gentiles. In the very verse in question Paul states: 'to the Jews I become as a Jew.' This idea of 'becoming a Jew' indicates ceremonial distinctives are in view rather than moral ones. No one 'becomes a Jew' by not killing, not committing adultery, or not coveting (keeping the moral aspects of the Law). They do 'become a Jew' by undergoing the ceremonial distinctives which marked the Jews off from the Gentiles (circumcision, food laws, cleansing rituals, and so forth).
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