15. Yet I have used none of these things. And I have not written so that these things may be done for me. For it is better for me to die, rather than to let anyone empty out my glory.
16. For if I preach the Gospel, it is not glory for me. For an obligation has been laid upon me. And woe to me, if I do not preach the Gospel.
17. For if I do this willingly, I have a reward. But if I do this reluctantly, a dispensation is granted to me.
18. And what, then, would be my reward? So, when preaching the Gospel, I should give the Gospel without taking, so that I may not misuse my authority in the Gospel.
19. For when I was a free man to all, I made myself the servant of all, so that I might gain all the more.
20. And so, to the Jews, I became like a Jew, so that I might gain the Jews.
21. To those who are under the law, I became as if I were under the law, (though I was not under the law) so that I might gain those who were under the law. To those who were without the law, I became as if I were without the law, (though I was not without the law of God, being in the law of Christ) so that I might gain those who were without the law.
22. To the weak, I became weak, so that I might gain the weak. To all, I became all, so that I might save all.