
Run with Certainty
1 Corinthians 9:26: Therefore I run thus: not with uncertainty. Thus I fight: not as one who beats the air.

Motivation in Competition
1 Corinthians 9:25: And everyone who competes for the prize is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a perishable crown, but we for an imperishable crown.

Enter the Race
1 Corinthians 9:24: Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may obtain it.

For the Gospel’s Sake
1 Corinthians 9:23: Now this I do for the gospel’s sake, that I may be partaker of it with you.

Became All Things, To All
1 Corinthians 9:22: To the weak I became as weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.

Paul Wins the Jews
1 Corinthians 9:20: And to the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might win Jews; to those who are under the law, as under the law, that I might win those who are under the law;

With or Without the Law
1 Corinthians 9:21: To those who are without law, as without law (not being without law toward God, but under law toward Christ), that I might win those who are without law;

Servant to All
1 Corinthians 9:19: For though I am free from all men, I have made myself a servant to all, that I might win the more;

Gospel Given Freely
1 Corinthians 9:17–18: For if I do this willingly, I have a reward; but if against my will, I have been entrusted with a stewardship. What is my reward then? That when I preach the gospel, I may present the gospel of Christ without charge, that I may not abuse …

Woe Is Me, If I Do Not Preach
1 Corinthians 9:16: For if I preach the gospel, I have nothing to boast of, for necessity is laid upon me; yes, woe is me if I do not preach the gospel!