1 Corinthians 9:24
Know ye not that they that run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? Even so run; that ye may attain.
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In Context
23And I do all things for the gospel`s sake, that I may be a joint partaker thereof.
Cross References
Psalms 19:5Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, And rejoiceth as a strong man to run his course.
Jeremiah 12:5If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and though in a land of peace thou art secure, yet how wilt thou do in the pride of the Jordan?
1 Corinthians 9:26I therefore so run, as not uncertainly; so fight I, as not beating the air:
Galatians 5:7Ye were running well; who hindered you that ye should not obey the truth?
Philippians 3:14I press on toward the goal unto the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
2 Timothy 4:7I have fought the good fight, I have finished the 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 →