1 Corinthians 9:27

contrariwise, I-am-provoking the body of{me} and I-am-slave-leading, not how proclaim[ing] to{others} same[I] may-become un-esteem-able/disreputable/discredited/unapproved/unqualified,

Garth's Hyper-literal Translation

In The King James Version

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 a castaway.

In Context

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

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Cross References

Luke 9:25for what[?] is-being-profited, [a] man gain[ing] the whole world, moreover destroy[ing]-off/away sameself or penalized[?],

Luke 13:26Then you-will-initiate to-be-saying, 'We-eat in-sight of{you} and we-drink and in to{the broad[space]s} of{us} you-teach,'

Romans 6:18Moreover, emancipated/liberated/released/freed from of{the sin}, you-are-enslaved to{the justice-ness}.

1 Corinthians 4:11Even-to of{the hour} presently also we-are-hungering, and we-are-thirsting, and we-are-being-naked, and we-are-being-buffet-ized, and we-are-without-stand-ing[i.e. wandering/unsettled],

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 →

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