1 Corinthians 9:26
I, therefore, so run, not as with uncertainty; I so aim my blows, not as one that beats the air;
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air:
In Context
Cross References
Luke 13:24Strive to enter in through the strait gate; for many, I say to you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
2 Corinthians 5:1For we know that if our earthly house, which is but a tent, should be destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
Ephesians 6:12for our conflict is not with flesh and blood, but with the principalities, with the authorities, with the rulers of the darkness of this world, with the wicked spirits in the heavenly regions.
Colossians 1:29to which end I also labor, striving according to his energy, which works in me mightily.
2 Timothy 2:5And if any one also contend in the public games, he is not crowned, unless he contend according to the laws.
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 9:25-27
The Apostle's Devotedness. ( a. d. 57.) 24 Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain. 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. 26 I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth 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… Read the whole commentary →