1 Corinthians 9:24
Know ye not that they who run in a race, all indeed run, but one receives the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
In Context
23And all things I do for the gospel's sake, that I may become a partaker thereof with others[9:23].
Cross References
1 Corinthians 9:26I therefore so run, as not uncertainly; I so fight, as not beating the air.
Galatians 5:7Ye were running well; who hindered you, that ye should not obey the truth?
Philippians 3:14I pursue on toward the mark, for the prize of the heavenly calling of God in Christ Jesus.
2 Timothy 4:7I have fought the good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept 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 →