- For if I preach the gospel, I have nothing to boast of, for I am under compulsion; for woe is me if I do not preach the gospel.
- For if I do this voluntarily, I have a reward; but if against my will, I have a stewardship entrusted to me.
- What then is my reward? That, when I preach the gospel, I may offer the gospel without charge, so as not to make full use of my right in the gospel.
- For though I am free from all men, I have made myself a slave to all, so that I may win more.
- To the Jews I became as a Jew, so that I might win Jews; to those who are under the Law, as under the Law though not being myself under the Law, so that I might win those who are under the Law;
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- Yet when I preach the gospel, I cannot boast, for I am compelled to preach. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!
- If I preach voluntarily, I have a reward; if not voluntarily, I am simply discharging the trust committed to me.
- What then is my reward? Just this: that in preaching the gospel I may offer it free of charge, and so not make use of my rights in preaching it.
- Though I am free and belong to no man, I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible.
- To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law), so as to win those under the law.
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