Converse of object

• become: One did not have to become a proselyte in order to be accepted by God.

• make: Their followers willingly " compass sea and land to make one proselyte " ( Matt.

• gain: Paul might have preached long enough had his preaching caused no impression, and gained no proselytes to Christ.

Adjective modifier

• gentile: Perhaps the gospel writer is telling us that Jesus's mother was a gentile proselyte of Judaism.