3. They conceded when the concession was not demanded as a matter of necessity ; but refused when it was so regarded. Paul said circumcision was nothing and uncircumcision was nothing; yet he resisted the circumcision of Titus when it was demanded by the Judaizers. 4. The object of their con- cessions was not to gain mere nominal converts, nor to do away with the offence of the cross, Gal. 4, 11, but to save men. No concession therefore, whether to the manners of the world or to the prejudices of the ignorant, can plead the sanction of apostoUc example, which has not that object honestly in view. 5. It is included in the above particulars that Paul, in becom- ing all things to all men, never compromised any truth or sanctioned any error.
XI., 1. Be ye followers of me, even as I also (am) of Christ.
This verse should belong to the tenth chapter, as it is the conclusion of the preceding discussion, and as a new subject is introduced with the following verse. Paul had referred to his own conciliatory conduct as an example to the Corinthians, and he exhorts them to imitate him, as he did Christ, who is the ultimate standard.