1 Corinthians 9:26
I therefore so run, as not uncertainly; so fight I, as not beating 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 3:2only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as beforetime knew nothing thereof:
Luke 13:24Strive to enter in by the narrow gate: for many, I say unto you, shall seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
2 Corinthians 5:1For we know that if the earthly house of our tabernacle be dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens.
Ephesians 6:12For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world rulers of the darkness of this world, against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.
Colossians 1:29whereunto I labor also, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.
2 Timothy 2:5And if also a man contend in the games, he is not crowned, except he have contended 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 →