15. I have not used any of these rights, however, nor do I write this that it be done so in my case. I would rather die. Certainly no one is going to nullify my boast.
16. If I preach the gospel, this is no reason for me to boast, for an obligation has been imposed on me, and woe to me if I do not preach it!
17. If I do so willingly, I have a recompense, but if unwillingly, then I have been entrusted with a stewardship.
18. What then is my recompense? That, when I preach, I offer the gospel free of charge so as not to make full use of my right in the gospel.
19. Although I am free in regard to all, I have made myself a slave to all so as to win over as many as possible.
20. To the Jews I became like a Jew to win over Jews; to those under the law I became like one under the law—though I myself am not under the law—to win over those under the law.
21. To those outside the law I became like one outside the law—though I am not outside God’s law but within the law of Christ—to win over those outside the law.
22. To the weak I became weak, to win over the weak. I have become all things to all, to save at least some.
23. All this I do for the sake of the gospel, so that I too may have a share in it.