1 Corinthians 9:26
I, therefore, run with no uncertain aim. I box — not like a man hitting the air.
Twentieth Century New Testament
In The King James Version
I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air:
In Context
Cross References
Luke 13:24“Strive to go in by the small door. Many, I tell you, will seek to go in, but they will not be able,
2 Corinthians 5:1For we know that if our tent — that earthly body which is now our home — is taken down, we have a house of God’s building, a home not made by hands, imperishable, in Heaven.
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.
Colossians 1:29It is for that I toil, struggling with all the energy which he inspires and which works powerfully within me.
2 Timothy 2:5No athlete is ever awarded the wreath of victory unless he has kept the rules.
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 →