1 Corinthians 9:18-27

New American Standard Bible

¹⁸ What, then, is my ^(A)reward? That, when I preach the gospel, I may offer the gospel ^(B)without charge, so as ^(C)not to make full use of my right in the gospel.

¹⁹ For though I am ^(D)free from all people, I have made myself ^(E)a slave to all, so that I may ^(F)gain more. ^20 (G)To the Jews I became as a Jew, so that I might gain Jews; to those who are under the Law, I became as one under the Law, though ^(H)not being under the Law myself, so that I might gain those who are under the Law; ²¹ to those who are ^(I)without the Law, I became ^(J)as one without the Law, though not being without the law of God but ^(K)under the law of Christ, so that I might gain those who are without the Law. ²² To the ^(L)weak I became weak, that I might gain the weak; I have become ^(M)all things to all people, ^(N)so 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.

^24 (O)Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but only one receives ^(P)the prize? ^(Q)Run in such a way that you may win. ²⁵ Everyone who ^(R)competes in the games exercises self-control in all things. So they do it to obtain a perishable ^(S)wreath, but we an imperishable. ²⁶ Therefore I ^(T)run in such a way as not to run aimlessly; I box in such a way, as ^[a]to avoid ^(U)hitting air; ²⁷ but I strictly discipline ^(V)my body and make it my slave, so that, after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.