1 Corinthians 9:25
And every man that striveth in the games is temperate in all things. Now they do it to receive a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
In Context
26I therefore so run, as not uncertainly; so fight I, as not beating the air:
Cross References
1 Corinthians 15:54But when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
Ephesians 6:12For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world-rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.
2 Timothy 2:5And if also a man contend in the games, he is not crowned, except he have contended lawfully.
Titus 1:8but given to hospitality, a lover of good, soberminded, just, holy, temperate;
Hebrews 12:4Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin:
James 1:12Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he hath been approved, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to them that love him.
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 →