1 Corinthians 9:16-23

Lamsa(i) 16 For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of: for I am under obligation; yea, woe is unto me if I preach not the gospel! 17 For if I do this thing willingly, I have my reward: but if against my will, it is like a stewardship intrusted to me. 18 What then is my wage? This is it. When I preach the gospel of Jesus Christ, I do it without thought of recompense, and I have not abused the power given to me in the gospel. 19 Because I am free from all these things, I have served all men that I may gain many. 20 So with the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might win the Jews; and with those who are under the law, I became as one who is under the law, in order to win those who are under the law. 21 To those who are without law, I became like one who is without law, though I am not lawless before God because I am under the law of Christ, that I might win them who are without law. 22 With the weak I became as weak, that I might win the weak: I became everything to every man, that I might by all means save everyone. 23 And this I do for the gospelÆs sake, that I might be partaker of it.