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1 Corinthians 9:16-21 New English Translation (NET)

16. For if I preach the gospel, I have no reason for boasting, because I am compelled to do this. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!

17. For if I do this voluntarily, I have a reward. But if I do it unwillingly, I am entrusted with a responsibility.

18. What then is my reward? That when I preach the gospel I may offer the gospel free of charge, and so not make full use of my rights in the gospel.

19. For since I am free from all I can make myself a slave to all, in order to gain even more people.

20. To the Jews I became like a Jew to gain the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law) to gain those under the law.

21. To those free from the law I became like one free from the law (though I am not free from God’s law but under the law of Christ) to gain those free from the law.

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