1 Corinthians 9:19

Paul, though a free man, made himself a servant to all in order to win souls, adjusting his habits and laying aside his liberties to remove every barrier to the gospel while never compromising God's moral law. The teaching calls believers to embrace soul-winning as their life's purpose, becoming incarnational and missional like Christ, and to practice the self-denial and self-discipline of an athlete training for an incorruptible prize.