1 Corinthians 9:25
And one who competes in a contest abstains from all things. And they do this, of course, so that they may achieve a corruptible crown. But we do this, so that we may achieve what is incorruptible.
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In Context
26And so I run, but not with uncertainty. And so I fight, but not by flailing in the air.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 15:54And when this mortality has been clothed with immortality, then the word that was written shall occur: “Death is swallowed up in victory.”
Ephesians 6:12For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against principalities and powers, against the directors of this world of darkness, against the spirits of wickedness in high places.
2 Timothy 2:5Then, too, whoever strives in a competition is not crowned, unless he has competed lawfully.
Titus 1:8but instead: hospitable, kind, sober, just, holy, chaste,
Hebrews 12:4For you have not yet resisted unto blood, while striving against sin.
James 1:12Blessed is the man who suffers temptation. For when he has been proven, he shall receive the crown of life which God has promised to those who love him.
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 →