1 Corinthians 9:19-27

English Standard Version

¹⁹ For ^(A)though I am free from all, ^(B)I have made myself a servant to all, that I might ^(C)win more of them. ^20 (D)To the Jews I became as a Jew, in order to win Jews. To those under the law I became as one under the law (though not being myself under the law) that I might win those under the law. ²¹ To ^(E)those outside the law I became ^(F)as one outside the law (not being outside the law of God but ^(G)under the law of Christ) that I might win those outside the law. ^22 (H)To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak. ^(I)I have become all things to all people, that ^(J)by all means I might save some. ²³ I do it all for the sake of the gospel, ^(K)that I may share with them in its blessings.

²⁴ Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives ^(L)the prize? So ^(M)run that you may obtain it. ²⁵ Every ^(N)athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we ^(O)an imperishable. ²⁶ So I do not run aimlessly; I ^(P)do not box as one ^(Q)beating the air. ²⁷ But I discipline my body and ^(R)keep it under control,^[a] lest after preaching to others ^(S)I myself should be ^(T)disqualified.