1 Corinthians 9:25
And every one who contendeth in the games is temperate in all things: they indeed therefore do it that they may receive a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible.
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
26I therefore so run not as uncertainly; so do I exercise with my fists, not as striking the air:
Cross References
1 Corinthians 15:54So when that which is corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and that which is mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying which is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
Ephesians 6:12For our conflict is not merely against flesh and blood, but against principalities, and against powers, and against the rulers of the darkness of this world, and against wicked spirits in the aerial regions.
2 Timothy 2:5And if a man contend in the public games, he is not crowned victor, unless he contend according to the laws.
Titus 1:8but the stranger’s host, the good man’s friend, grave, just, holy, temperate;
Hebrews 12:4As yet ye have not resisted unto blood, struggling against sin.
James 1:12Blessed is the man who patiently supports temptation: for when he is proved, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to those who love him.
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 →