9:19 For since I am free from all I can make myself a slave to all, in order to gain even more people. 1
5:1 For freedom 2 Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be subject again to the yoke 3 of slavery.
1 tn Or “more converts.” The word “people” is not in the Greek text, but is implied. It has been supplied in the translation to clarify the meaning.
2 tn Translating the dative as “For freedom” shows the purpose for Christ setting us free; however, it is also possible to take the phrase in the sense of means or instrument (“with [or by] freedom”), referring to the freedom mentioned in 4:31 and implied throughout the letter.
3 sn Here the yoke figuratively represents the burdensome nature of slavery.