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1 Corinthians 9:17-27

17ForifIdothisvoluntarily,IhavearewardμισθὸνmisthonG3408;butifnotofmyownwill,Iamentrustedπεπίστευμαι.pepisteumaiG4100withanadministrationG3622.

18WhatisG1510therewardμισθός;misthosG3408thenοὖνounG3767thatIhave?Thatinannouncingtheglad tidingsImaketheglad tidings costless [toothers],soG2443asnottohavemadeuse,asbelongingtome,ofmyrightἐξουσίᾳexousiaG1849in[announcing]theglad tidings.

19ForbeingὢνōnG1510freeἘλεύθεροςEleutherosG1658fromall,Ihavemademyselfbondmantoall,thatImightgainκερδήσω·kerdēsōG2770themost[possible].

20AndIbecameG1096totheJewsἸουδαίοιςIoudaioisG2453asaJewἸουδαῖοςIoudaiosG2453,inorderG2443thatImightgainG2770theJewsἸουδαίουςIoudaiousG2453:tothoseunderlawνόμονnomonG3551,asunderlawνόμον,nomonG3551,notbeingὢνōnG1510myselfunderlawνόμον,nomonG3551,inorderG2443thatImightgainG2770thoseunderlawνόμονnomonG3551:

21tothosewithoutlawἀνόμοιςanomoisG459,aswithoutlawἄνομος,anomosG459, (notaswithoutlawἄνομοςanomosG459toGodθεοῦtheouG2316,butaslegitimately subjecttoChristΧριστοῦ,ChristouG5547,)inorderG2443thatImightgainG2770[those]withoutlawἀνόμους.anomousG459.

22IbecameG1096totheweakἀσθενέσινasthenesinG772, [as]weakἀσθενὴςasthenēsG772,inorderG2443thatImightgainG2770theweakἀσθενεῖςastheneisG772.ToallIhavebecomeG1096allthingsG3956,inorderG2443thatatalleventsImightsaveσώσω.sōsōG4982some.

23AndIdoallthingsπάνταpantaG3956forthesakeG1223oftheglad tidings,thatImaybefellow-partakerwiththem.

24KnowyenotthattheywhorunG5143in[the] race-courserunG5143all,butoneεἷςheisG1520receivesG2983theprizeβραβεῖον;brabeionG1017?ThusοὕτωςhoutōsG3779runG5143inorderG2443thatyemayobtain.

25ButeveryoneG3588thatcontends [foraprize]istemperateinallthingsG3956:theythenοὖνounG3767indeedμὲνmenG3303thattheymayreceiveλάβωσιν,labōsinG2983acorruptiblecrownστέφανονstephanonG4735,butweanincorruptible.

26IthereforeτοίνυνtoinunG5106thusG3779runτρέχωtrechōG5143,asnotuncertainly;soIcombat,asnotbeatingδέρων·derōnG1194theairἀέραaeraG109.

27ButIbuffetmybodyσῶμαsōmaG4983,andleaditcaptive,lestμήmēG3361[after] havingpreachedκηρύξαςkēruxasG2784toothersἄλλοιςalloisG243Ishouldbemyselfrejected.

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