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

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

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