1 Corinthians 9:15–23

¹⁵But 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.

¹⁶For 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.

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

¹⁸What 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.

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

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

²¹to 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.

²²To 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.

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