1 Corinthians 9:26
Therefore I do not run aimlessly; I do not fight like I am beating the air.
Berean Standard Bible
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 3:2if only to teach warfare to the subsequent generations of Israel, especially to those who had not known it formerly:
Luke 13:24“Make every effort to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able.
2 Corinthians 5:1Now we know that if the earthly tent we live in is dismantled, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.
Ephesians 6:12For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this world’s darkness, and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.
Colossians 1:29To this end I also labor, striving with all His energy working powerfully within me.
2 Timothy 2:5Likewise, a competitor does not receive the crown unless he competes according to the rules.
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 →