1 Corinthians 9:24
Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way as to take the prize.
Berean Standard Bible
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In Context
23I do all this for the sake of the gospel, so that I may share in its blessings.
Cross References
Psalms 19:5Like a bridegroom emerging from his chamber, like a champion rejoicing to run his course,
Jeremiah 12:5“If you have raced with men on foot and they have worn you out, how can you compete with horses? If you stumble in a peaceful land, how will you do in the thickets of the Jordan?
1 Corinthians 9:26Therefore I do not run aimlessly; I do not fight like I am beating the air.
Galatians 5:7You were running so well. Who has obstructed you from obeying the truth?
Philippians 3:14I press on toward the goal to win the prize of God’s heavenly calling in Christ Jesus.
2 Timothy 4:7I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, 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 →