1 Corinthians 9:24
Do you not know that, of those who run in a race, all of them, certainly, are runners, but only one achieves the prize. Similarly, you must run, so that you may achieve.
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23And I do everything for the sake of the Gospel, so that I may become its partner.
Cross References
Psalms 19:5May he grant to you according to your heart, and confirm all your counsels.
Jeremiah 12:5“If you have struggled to run on foot, how will you be able to compete with horses? And if you have been secure in a land of peace, what will you do about the arrogance of the Jordan?
1 Corinthians 9:26And so I run, but not with uncertainty. And so I fight, but not by flailing in the air.
Galatians 5:7You have run well. So what has impeded you, that you would not obey the truth?
Philippians 3:14I pursue the destination, the prize of the heavenly calling of God in Christ Jesus.
2 Timothy 4:7I have fought the good fight. I have completed the course. I have preserved 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 →