1 Corinthians 9:25
And every one who contends for the prize is temperate in all things; they indeed to obtain a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
In Context
26I therefore so run, as not uncertainly; I so fight, as not beating the air.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 15:54And when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then will be brought to pass the saying, that is written: Death is swallowed up in victory.
Ephesians 6:12For to us, the contest is not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against the spiritual powers of evil in the heavenly places[6:12].
2 Timothy 2:5And if a man also contends in the games, he is not crowned, unless he contends lawfully.
Titus 1:8but hospitable, a lover of the good, discreet, just, holy, temperate;
Hebrews 12:4Not yet did ye resist unto blood, contending against sin;
James 1:12Happy is the man that endures temptation; because, when he is approved, he will receive the crown of life, which He 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 →