1 Corinthians 9:26
I therefore so run, not as one uncertain; I so fight, not as one striking the air;
Noyes 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
Luke 13:24Strive to enter in through the narrow door; for many, I say to you, will seek to enter in, and will not be able.
2 Corinthians 5:1For we know that, if our earthly tent-habitation be destroyed, we have a building provided by God, a house not made with hands, everlasting, in the heavens.
Ephesians 6:12for our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the world-rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual hosts of evil in the heavenly regions.
Colossians 1:29to which end I also am laboring, striving earnestly through his working, which worketh within me mightily.
2 Timothy 2:5And if a man contendeth in the games, he is not crowned, unless he contendeth 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 →