1 Corinthians 9:19-27
Paul Surrenders His Rights
19 For though I am b free from all men, c I have made myself a servant to all, d that I might win the more; 20 and e to the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might win Jews; to those who are under the law, as under the 1 law, that I might win those who are under the law; 21 f to g those who are without law, as without law h (not being without 2 law toward God, but under 3 law toward Christ), that I might win those who are without law; 22 i to the weak I became 4 as weak, that I might win the weak. j I have become all things to all men, k that I might by all means save some. 23 Now this I do for the gospel's sake, that I may be partaker of it with you.
24 Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? l Run in such a way that you may 5 obtain it. 25 And everyone who competes for the prize 6 is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a perishable crown, but we for m an imperishable crown. 26 Therefore I run thus: n not with uncertainty. Thus I fight: not as one who beats the air. 27 o But I discipline my body and p bring it into subjection, lest, when I have preached to others, I myself should become q disqualified.