1 Corinthians 9:27
But I beate downe my body, and bring it into subiection, lest by any meanes after that I haue preached to other, I my selfe should be reproued.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
26I therefore so runne, not as vncertainely: so fight I, not as one that beateth the ayre.
Cross References
Exodus 37:22Their knops and their branches were of the same: it was all one beaten worke of pure gold.
Jeremiah 6:30They shall call them reprobate siluer, because the Lord hath reiected them.
Luke 9:25For what auantageth it a man, if he win the whole worlde, and destroy himselfe, or lose himselfe?
Luke 13:26Then shall ye begin to say, We haue eaten and drunke in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streetes.
Romans 6:18Being then made free from sinne, yee are made the seruants of righteousnesse.
1 Corinthians 4:11Vnto this houre we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and haue no certaine dwelling place,
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 →