16. For if I preach the gospel, I have no reason to boast, because an obligation is placed on 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 unwillingly, I am entrusted with a stewardship.
18. What then is my reward? To preach the gospel and offer it free of charge and not make full use of my authority in the gospel.
19. Although I am a free man and not anyone’s slave, I have made myself a slave to everyone, in order to win more people.
20. To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win Jews; to those under the law, like one under the law — though I myself am not under the law — to win those under the law.
21. To those who are without that law, like one without the law — not being without God’s law but within Christ’s law — to win those without the law.
22. To the weak I became weak, in order to win the weak. I have become all things to all people, so that I may by every possible means save some.
23. Now I do all this because of the gospel, so I may become a partner in its benefits.
24. Don’t you know that the runners in a stadium all race, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way to win the prize.