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18 What then is my reward? That while announcing-the-good-news, I might place the good-news free-of-charge, so as not to make-full-use-of my right in[a] the good-news.

For I Have Chosen To Enslave Myself To All For The Advance of The Gospel

19 For[b] while being free from all people, I enslaved myself to all in order that I might gain the more. 20 Indeed I became to the Jews as a Jew, in order that I might gain Jews; to the ones under the Law, as under the Law— not being myself under the Law— in order that I might gain the ones under the Law;

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 9:18 That is, in connection with.
  2. 1 Corinthians 9:19 Paul now expands his point beyond the financial arena.

18 What then is my reward? Just this: that in preaching the gospel I may offer it free of charge,(A) and so not make full use of my rights(B) as a preacher of the gospel.

Paul’s Use of His Freedom

19 Though I am free(C) and belong to no one, I have made myself a slave to everyone,(D) to win as many as possible.(E) 20 To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews.(F) To those under the law I became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law),(G) so as to win those under the law.

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