13. Do you not know that those who minister unto holy things live from the things of the temple? And do you not know that those who wait at the altar partake of the altar?
14. In the same way, the Lord has ordained that those who preach the gospel should live from the gospel.
15. But I have used none of these rights, nor have I written these things that it should be so done to me. For it would be better for me to die than allow anyone to make my boasting void.
16. Though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to boast of, for the requirement is laid upon me. Yes, woe unto me if I do not preach the gospel!
17. So if I do this willingly, I have a reward, but if against my will, I have been entrusted with a commission.
18. What is my reward then? Truly that when I preach the gospel, I may present the gospel of Christ without charge, so that I may not abuse my authority in the gospel.
19. For though I am free from all men, I have made myself servant to all, that I might win even more.
20. To the Jews, I became as a Jew, that I might win the Jews; to those who are under the law, as under the law, that I might win those who are under the law;
21. to those who are outside the law, as outside the law (being not without God’s law, but under Christ’s law) that I might win those who are outside the law.
22. To the weak, I became as weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.
23. This I do for the gospel’s sake, that I might partake of it with you.
24. Do you not know that all those who run in a race run, but one receives the prize? So run, that you may obtain it.
25. Everyone who strives for the prize exercises self-control in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible one.
26. So, therefore, I run, not with uncertainty. So I fight, not as one who beats the air.
27. But I bring and keep my body under subjection, lest when preaching to others I myself should be disqualified.