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20 And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law;
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To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law), so as to win those under the law.
21 To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law.
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To those not having the law I became like one not having the law (though I am not free from God’s law but am under Christ’s law), so as to win those not having the law.
22 To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.
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To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all people so that by all possible means I might save some.
23 And this I do for the gospel's sake, that I might be partaker thereof with you.
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I do all this for the sake of the gospel, that I may share in its blessings.
24 Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.
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Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize.
25 And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.
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Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last, but we do it to get a crown that will last forever.
26 I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air:
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Therefore I do not run like someone running aimlessly; I do not fight like a boxer beating the air.
27 But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.
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No, I strike a blow to my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize.
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