Devine Scripture

1 Corinthians 9:26

1 Corinthians chapter 9 · verse 26 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

I therefore so run, as not uncertainly; so fight I, as not beating the air:

KJV

King James Version · 1611

I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air:

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

I therefore so run, as not uncertainly; so fight I, as not beating the air:

Context

v.25And every man that striveth in the games exerciseth self-control in all things. Now they do it to receive a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.

v.26This passage

v.27but I buffet my body, and bring it into bondage: lest by any means, after that I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Philippians 1:21

    For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

  • 2 Timothy 2:5

    And if also a man contend in the games, he is not crowned, except he have contended lawfully.

  • 2 Corinthians 5:8

    we are of good courage, I say, and are willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be at home with the Lord.

  • 2 Corinthians 5:1

    For we know that if the earthly house of our tabernacle be dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens.

  • 2 Timothy 1:12

    For which cause I suffer also these things: yet I am not ashamed; for I know him whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that he is able to guard that which I have committed unto him against that day.

  • 2 Peter 1:10

    Wherefore, brethren, give the more diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never stumble: