1 Corinthians 9:24
Know ye not that, they who, in a racecourse, run, all, indeed, run,—but, one, receiveth the prize? So, be running, that ye may lay hold.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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Psalms 19:5And, he, is like a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, he rejoiceth as a hero to run a race:
Jeremiah 12:5If, with the footmen, thou hast run and they have wearied thee, How then wilt thou hotly contend with horses? Though in a safe land thou art confident, Yet how wilt thou deal with the proud banks of the Jordan?
1 Corinthians 9:26I, therefore, so, am running, as, not uncertainly, so, am boxing, as not thrashing air;
Galatians 5:7Ye were running well:—who hath hindered you, that, by truth, ye are not to be persuaded?
Philippians 3:14With the goal in view, I press on for the prize of the upward calling of God in Christ Jesus.
2 Timothy 4:7The noble contest, have I contested, the race, have I finished, the faith, have I kept:
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 →