我说这话，岂是照人的意见。律法不也是这样说吗。
旧约 - 撒母耳记上(1 Samuel)
Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also?
向犹太人，我就作犹太人，为要得犹太人。向律法以下的人，我虽不在律法以下，还是作律法以下的人，为要得律法以下的人。
旧约 - 撒母耳记上(1 Samuel)
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;