1 Corinthians 9:26
I therefore so run, not as unobserved: I so fight, not as one that beateth the air:
1770 John Worsley NT
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 13:24But He said unto them, Strive to enter in at the strait gate; for I tell you, many will desire to enter in, and shall not be able.
2 Corinthians 5:1For we know that if our earthly house, which is but as a tent, were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
Ephesians 6:12For our conflict is not with flesh and blood only, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the world and of the darkness of this age, against wicked spirits in heavenly places.
Colossians 1:29in order to which I also labour, striving earnestly according to his energy which operates in me with power.
2 Timothy 2:5And if any one contend in the public games, he gains not the crown unless he contend fairly.
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 →