Do I speak these things after the manner of men? or saith not the law also the same?
Do I say this from a human perspective? Doesn’t the Law say the same thing?
According to man do I speak these things? or doth not also the law say these things?
Do I speak these things as a man, or does not the law also say these things?
1 Corinthians — Apostolic writings (New Testament).
1. Am I not free? He confirms by facts what he had stated immediately before, -- that he would rather never taste of flesh during his whole life, than give occasion of stumbling to a brother, and, at the same time, he shows that he requires nothing more from them…