1 Corinthians 9:19–27

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.

^24aDo you not know that those who run in a race all run, but only one receives ^bthe prize? ^cRun in such a way that you may win.

²⁵Everyone who ^acompetes in the games exercises self-control in all things. They then do it to receive a perishable ^bwreath, but we an imperishable.

²⁶Therefore I ^arun in such a way, as not without aim; I box in such a way, as not ^bbeating the air;

²⁷but I ¹discipline ^amy body and make it my slave, so that, after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.