1 Corinthians 9:27
But I give blows to my body, and keep it under control, for fear that, after having given the good news to others, I myself might not have God's approval.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
In Context
26So then I am running, not uncertainly; so I am fighting, not as one who gives blows in the air:
Cross References
Exodus 37:22The buds and the branches were made of the same metal, all together one complete work of the best hammered gold.
Jeremiah 6:30They will be named waste silver, because the Lord has given them up.
Luke 9:25For what profit will a man have if he gets all the world, but undergoes loss or destruction himself?
Luke 13:26Then you will say, We have taken food and drink with you, and you were teaching in our streets.
Romans 6:18And being made free from sin you have been made the servants of righteousness.
1 Corinthians 4:11Even to this hour we are without food, drink, and clothing, we are given blows and have no certain resting-place;
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 →