1 Corinthians 9:24
Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may obtain it.
Revised King James New Testament
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In Context
23And this I do for the gospel's sake, that I might be a partaker in its blessings.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 9:26Therefore, I do not run aimlessly; and I do not fight as one who beats the air:
Galatians 5:7You ran well; who hindered you, that you should not obey the truth?
Philippians 3:14I press on toward the goal for the prize, to which God has called me upward in Christ Jesus.
2 Timothy 4:7I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 9:20-24
The Apostle's Devotedness. ( a. d. 57.) 19 For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more. 20 And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law; 21 To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law. 22 To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain… Read the whole commentary →