Devine Scripture

1 Corinthians 9:27

1 Corinthians chapter 9 · verse 27 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

but 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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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 a castaway.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

but 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.

Context

v.26I therefore so run, as not uncertainly; so fight I, as not beating the air:

v.27This passage

Cross references

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

  • Romans 6:18

    and being made free from sin, ye became servants of righteousness.

  • 1 Corinthians 9:25

    And 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.

  • 2 Peter 2:15

    forsaking the right way, they went astray, having followed the way of Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the hire of wrong-doing;

  • 1 Corinthians 8:13

    Wherefore, if meat causeth my brother to stumble, I will eat no flesh for evermore, that I cause not my brother to stumble.

  • 2 Corinthians 11:27

    in labor and travail, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.

  • 1 Peter 2:11

    Beloved, I beseech you as sojourners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;