1 Corinthians 9:27

But am beating my body under, and leading it captive, lest, by any means,—unto others, having proclaimed, [the contest], I myself, should be rejected.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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 a castaway.

In Context

26I, therefore, so, am running, as, not uncertainly, so, am boxing, as not thrashing air;

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Cross References

Exodus 37:22their apples and their brunches were of the same, all of it one beaten work, of pure gold.

Jeremiah 6:30Rejected silver, are they called, For, Yahweh, hath rejected them.

Luke 9:25For what doth a man profit, who hath gained the whole world, but hath lost, or been made to forfeit, himself?

Luke 13:26Then, will ye begin to say—We did eat and drink in thy presence, and, in our broadways, thou didst, teach;

Romans 6:18And, being freed from sin, ye were made servants unto righteousness;—

1 Corinthians 4:11Until the present hour, we both hunger and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and are wanderers,

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 →

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