1 Corinthians 9:26
Therefore I do not run without purpose or box by 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:
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Cross References
Judges 3:2(He did this to teach warfare to the new generation of the Israelites who had not known it before.)
Luke 13:24“Struggle to enter through the narrow door, because, I say to you, many will want to enter, but will not be able to enter.
2 Corinthians 5:1We know that if the earthly dwelling that we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God. It is a house not made by human hands, but an eternal house, in heaven.
Ephesians 6:12For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.
Colossians 1:29For this I labor and strive according to his energy that is at work in me in power.
2 Timothy 2:5Also, if someone competes as an athlete, he is not crowned unless he competes by 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 →