1 Corinthians 9:24

You-have_not_beheld that the[plural] hurrying[i.e. racing] in to{stadion[Latin "stadium," the measure of distance]}, on-one-hand all are-hurrying[i.e. racing], on-the-other-hand one is-taking the award/prize[?] The-same-ly be-hurrying, in-which-place you-may-take-according-to.

Garth's Hyper-literal Translation

In The King James Version

Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.

In Context

23Moreover, I-am-doing all through the good-message, in-which-place I-may-become in-common/partner-together of{same}.

25Moreover, every, the competing/contending, is-mastering/controlling-self all[neuter plural]. So, on-one-hand, in-which-place the-there-s may-take [a] ruinable garland/crown, on-the-other-hand, we un-ruinable.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 9:26To-this-now/therefore the-same-ly I am-hurrying as not unevidently; the-same-ly I-am-boxing/sparring as not flaying air;

Galatians 5:7You-have-been-hurrying well. Who[?] cuts-in you not to-be-being-persuaded to{the truth}[?]

Philippians 3:14according-to watch I-am-chasing into the award/prize of{the up/anew call-sis[i.e. state of calling]} of{the God} in to{Anointed Jesus}.

2 Timothy 4:7I-have-competed/contended the contention/struggle, the good; I-have-completed the 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 →

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