17 If I preach voluntarily, I have a reward;(A) if not voluntarily, I am simply discharging the trust committed to me.(B) 18 What then is my reward? Just this: that in preaching the gospel I may offer it free of charge,(C) and so not make full use of my rights(D) as a preacher of the gospel.

Paul’s Use of His Freedom

19 Though I am free(E) and belong to no one, I have made myself a slave to everyone,(F) to win as many as possible.(G)

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17 For if I do this voluntarily, I have a (A)reward; but if against my will, I have been entrusted with a (B)commission nonetheless. 18 What, then, is my (C)reward? That, when I preach the gospel, I may offer the gospel (D)without charge, so as (E)not to make full use of my right in the gospel.

19 For though I am (F)free from all people, I have made myself (G)a slave to all, so that I may (H)gain more.

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