1 Corinthians 9:26 KJV — MannaFest

1 Corinthians 9:26

I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air:

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ASV

I therefore so run, as not uncertainly; so fight I, as not beating the air:

WEB

Therefore I do not run aimlessly; I do not fight like I am beating the air.

YLT

I, therefore, thus run, not as uncertainly, thus I fight, as not beating air;

DBT

I therefore thus run, as not uncertainly; so I combat, as not beating the air.

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1 Corinthians — A pastoral letter answering a long list of questions and problems — unity, ethics, worship, and the resurrection — written to a gifted but divided church.

Author: Paul, with Sosthenes (1:1)
Date: c. AD 55, from Ephesus

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1 Corinthians 9:24
Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.
Ecclesiastes 9:10
Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
2 Timothy 2:5
And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully.
2 Peter 1:10
Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:
Philippians 1:21
For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

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And shall not Christians be much more exact and vigorous when all are sure of a crown when they come to the end of their race? He sets before himself and them the danger of yielding to fleshly inclinations, and pampering the body and its lusts and appetites: I keep my body under, lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a cast-away (

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Ye Corinthians gain no end in your entering idol temples or eating idol meats. But I, for my part, in all my acts, whether in my becoming "all things to all men," or in receiving no sustenance from my converts, have a definite end in view, namely, to "gain the more." I know what 1 aim at, and how to aim at it.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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