1 Corinthians 9:24
Know ye not, that of those who run in the race-course all run, but one receiveth the prize? Thus run, that ye may obtain.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
23And I do all for the sake of the gospel, that I may with others partake of it.
Cross References
Psalms 19:5Which cometh forth like a bridegroom from his chamber, And rejoiceth, like a strong man, to run his course.
Jeremiah 12:5If thou hast run with footmen, and they have wearied thee, Then how canst thou contend with horses? If it be so with thee in a land of peace, in which thou art secure, What wilt thou do in the glory of Jordan?
1 Corinthians 9:26I therefore so run, not as one uncertain; I so fight, not as one striking the air;
Galatians 5:7Ye were running well; who hindered you, that ye should not obey the truth?
Philippians 3:14I press toward the mark for the prize of the heavenly calling of God in Christ Jesus.
2 Timothy 4:7I have fought the good fight, I have finished my 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 →