1 Corinthians 9:15–23

¹⁵But I have used none of these rights, and I have not written this to make it happen that way for me. For it would be better for me to die than for anyone to deprive me of my boast! ¹⁶For if I preach the gospel, I have no reason to boast, because an obligation is placed on me. And woe to me if I do not preach the gospel! ¹⁷For if I do this willingly, I have a reward, but if unwillingly, I am entrusted ^pwith a stewardship. ¹⁸What then is my reward? To preach the gospel and offer it free of charge and not make full use of my authority in the gospel. ^q

¹⁹Although I am a free man and not anyone’s slave, I have made myself a slave to everyone, in order to win ^rmore people. ²⁰To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win Jews; to those under the law, like one under the law—though I myself am not under the law ^s—to win those under the law. ^t21To those who are without that law, ^ulike one without the law—not being without God’s law but within Christ’s law—to win those without the law. ²²To the weak I became weak, in order to win the weak. I have become all things to all people, so that I may by every possible means save some. ^v23Now I do all this because of the gospel, so I may become a partner in its benefits. ^w