1 Corinthians 9:16-23

Legacy Standard Bible

¹⁶ For if I proclaim the gospel, I have nothing to boast, for ^(A)I am under compulsion. For woe is me if I do not proclaim ^(B)the gospel. ¹⁷ For if I do this voluntarily, I have a ^(C)reward; but if against my will, I have a ^(D)stewardship entrusted to me. ¹⁸ What then is my ^(E)reward? That, when I proclaim the gospel, I may offer the gospel ^(F)without charge, so as ^(G)not to make full use of my authority in the gospel.

¹⁹ For though I am ^(H)free from all, I have made myself ^(I)a slave to all, so that I may ^(J)win more. ^20 (K)And to the Jews I became as a Jew, so that I might win Jews. To those who are under ^[a]the Law, as under ^[b]the Law though ^(L)not being myself under ^[c]the Law, so that I might win those who are under ^[d]the Law. ²¹ To those who are ^(M)without law, ^(N)as without law, though not being without the law of God but ^(O)under the law of Christ, so that I might win those who are without law. ²² To the ^(P)weak I became weak, that I might win the weak. I have become ^(Q)all things to all men, ^(R)so that I may by all means save some. ²³ So I do all things for the sake of the gospel, so that I may become a fellow partaker of it.