1 Corinthians 9:26
I therefore so run, not as about a thing unknown; and so smite I, as not smiting the air;
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
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 at the strait gate: for I say to you that many will seek to enter in, but shall not be able.
2 Corinthians 5:1FOR we know that if our earthly house of this body were dissolved, we have nevertheless a building that is by Aloha; a house which is not made with hands, in the heaven, eternal.
Ephesians 6:12For your wrestling is not with flesh and blood (only), but with princes, and with powers, and with the possessors of this dark world, and with the evil spirits who are under heaven.
Colossians 1:29for which also I labour and contend, according to the help of the power which is given to me.
2 Timothy 2:5And if one contendeth, he is not crowned, unless according to his law he contend.
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 →