1 Corinthians 9:26
I therefore run like that, as not uncertainly. I fight like that, as not beating the air,
New Heart English Bible
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
Judges 3:2only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing of it:
Luke 13:24"Strive to enter in by the narrow door, for many, I tell you, will seek to enter in, and will not be able.
2 Corinthians 5:1For we know that if the earthly house of our tent is dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens.
Ephesians 6:12For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world's rulers of this darkness, and against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.
Colossians 1:29for which I also labor, striving according to his working, which works in me mightily.
2 Timothy 2:5Also, if anyone competes in athletics, he is not crowned unless he has competed by 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 →