1 Corinthians 9:19-27 - Paul's Work As An Apostle
19 Though free from all men, I make myself the slave of all, that I may win the more. 20 To the Jews I am become like a Jew, that I may win Jews; to those under the Law, like one under the Law, though I am not under the Law, myself; 21 to those outside the Law, as one outside the Law, to win those outside the Law (though I am not outside the law of God, but inside the law of Christ). 22 I am become weak to the weak, to win the weak. I am become all these things to all men that, by any and by all means, I may save some. 23 And I am doing it all for the gospel's sake, that I may become a copartner in it.
24 Do you not know that in a foot-race, though all run, only one receives the prize? So run that you may win. 25 Every man who contends in the games continually trains himself by all manner of self-restraint. Now they do it to get a fading garland, but we, one that is unfading. 26 For my part, then, I run with no wavering to the goal. I box not as one beating the air, 27 but I bruise my body and keep it in subjection, lest having called others to the contest, I should myself be disqualified.