1 Corinthians 9:26
I therefore so run, not as for something unknown; and I so struggle, not as struggling against air;
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
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 13:24And Jesus said to them: Strive to enter the narrow gate: for I say to you, many will seek to enter, and will not be able.
2 Corinthians 5:1For we know that, if our house on earth-this of the body, were dissolved, yet we have a building of God, a house not made with hands, eternal in heaven.
Ephesians 6:12For our conflict is not with flesh and blood, but with principalities, and with those in authority, and with the possessors of this dark world, and with the evil spirits that are beneath heaven.
Colossians 1:29And for this also, I toil and strive, with the aid of the strength that is imparted to me.
2 Timothy 2:5And if one contend in the games, he is not crowned, unless he contendeth according to the rules.
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 →