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.
King James Version
In Context
23And this I do for the gospel’s sake, that I might be partaker thereof with you.
Cross References
Psalms 19:5Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race.
Jeremiah 12:5If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and if in the land of peace, wherein thou trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan?
1 Corinthians 9:26I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air:
Galatians 5:7Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth?
Philippians 3:14I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
2 Timothy 4:7I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 9:20-24
The Apostle's Devotedness. ( a. d. 57.) 19 For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more. 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; 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. 22 To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain… Read the whole commentary →