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But I have ^(C1)used none of these things. And I have not written these things so that it will be done so in my case; for it would be better for me to die than that. No one shall make ^(C2)my boast an empty one!

For if I preach the gospel, I have nothing to boast about, for ^(C1)I am under compulsion; for woe to me if I do not preach ^(C2)the gospel.

For if I do this voluntarily, I have a ^(C1)reward; but if against my will, I have been entrusted with a ^(C2)commission nonetheless.

What, then, is my ^(C1)reward? That, when I preach the gospel, I may offer the gospel ^(C2)without charge, so as ^(C3)not to make full use of my right in the gospel.

For though I am ^(C1)free from all people, I have made myself ^(C2)a slave to all, so that I may ^(C3)gain more.

^(C1)To the Jews I became as a Jew, so that I might gain Jews; to those who are under the Law, I became as one under the Law, though ^(C2)not being under the Law myself, so that I might gain those who are under the Law;

to those who are ^(C1)without the Law, I became ^(C2)as one without the Law, though not being without the law of God but ^(C3)under the law of Christ, so that I might gain those who are without the Law.

To the ^(C1)weak I became weak, that I might gain the weak; I have become ^(C2)all things to all people, ^(C3)so that I may by all means save some.

I do all things for the sake of the gospel, so that I may become a fellow partaker of it.

^(C1)Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but only one receives ^(C2)the prize? ^(C3)Run in such a way that you may win.

Everyone who ^(C1)competes in the games exercises self-control in all things. So they do it to obtain a perishable ^(C2)wreath, but we an imperishable.

Therefore I ^(C1)run in such a way as not to run aimlessly; I box in such a way, as ^(F1)to avoid ^(C2)hitting air;

but I strictly discipline ^(C1)my body and make it my slave, so that, after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.