1 Corinthians 9:26
And so I run, but not with uncertainty. And so I fight, but not by flailing in the air.
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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
Judges 3:2so that afterward their sons might learn to contend with their enemies, and to have a willingness to do battle:
Luke 13:24“Strive to enter through the narrow gate. For many, I tell you, will seek to enter and not be able.
2 Corinthians 5:1For we know that, when our earthly house of this habitation is dissolved, we have a building of God, a house not made with hands, eternal in heaven.
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.
Colossians 1:29In him, too, I labor, striving according to his action within me, which he works in virtue.
2 Timothy 2:5Then, too, whoever strives in a competition is not crowned, unless he has competed lawfully.
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 →