15 But I have aused none of these things. And I am not writing these things so that it will be done so in my case; for it would be better for me to die than have any man make bmy boast an empty one.

16 For if I preach the gospel, I have nothing to boast of, for aI am under compulsion; for woe is me if I do not preach bthe gospel.

17 For if I do this voluntarily, I have a areward; but if against my will, I have a bstewardship entrusted to me.

18 What then is my areward? That, when I preach the gospel, I may offer the gospel bwithout charge, so as cnot to make full use of my right in the gospel.

19 For though I am afree from all men, I have made myself ba slave to all, so that I may cwin more.

20 aTo the Jews I became as a Jew, so that I might win Jews; to those who are under 1the Law, as under 1the Law though bnot being myself under 1the Law, so that I might win those who are under 1the Law;

21 to those who are awithout law, bas without law, though not being without the law of God but cunder the law of Christ, so that I might win those who are without law.

22 To the aweak I became weak, that I might win the weak; I have become ball things to all men, cso that I may by all means save some.

23 I do all things for the sake of the gospel, so that I may become a fellow partaker of it.