1 Corinthians 9:25
Every athlete exercises self-restraint in everything; they, indeed, for a crown that fades, we for one that is unfading.
Twentieth Century New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
26I, therefore, run with no uncertain aim. I box — not like a man hitting the air.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 15:54And, when this dying body has put on its deathless form, then indeed will the words of Scripture come true —
Ephesians 6:12For ours is no struggle against enemies of flesh and blood, but against all the various Powers of Evil that hold sway in the Darkness around us, against the Spirits of Wickedness on high.
2 Timothy 2:5No athlete is ever awarded the wreath of victory unless he has kept the rules.
Titus 1:8On the contrary, he should be hospitable, eager for the right, discreet, upright, a man of holy life and capable of self-restraint,
Hebrews 12:4You have not yet, in your struggle with sin, resisted to the death;
James 1:12Blessed is the man who remains firm under temptation, for, when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of Life, which the Lord has promised to those who 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 →