KJV King James Version
I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air:
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1 Corinthians 9:26
I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air:
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Therefore I do not run aimlessly; I do not fight like I am beating the air.
WEB World English Bible
I therefore run like that, as not uncertainly. I fight like that, as not beating the air,
ASV American Standard Version
I therefore so run, as not uncertainly; so fight I, as not beating the air:
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
I, therefore, thus run, not as uncertainly, thus I fight, as not beating air;
Surrounding context — 1 Corinthians 9
23 And this I do for the gospel’s sake, that I might be partaker thereof with [you].
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 a castaway.
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Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
ἐγὼG1473 · egōI/weτοίνυνG5106 · toinunthenοὕτωςG3779 · ohutō, ohutōsthus(-ly)τρέχωG5143 · trechōto runὡςG5613 · hōsas/whenοὐκG3756 · ounoἀδήλως,G84 · adēlōsuncertainlyοὕτωςG3779 · ohutō, ohutōsthus(-ly)πυκτεύωG4438 · pukteuōto boxὡςG5613 · hōsas/whenοὐκG3756 · ounoἀέραG109 · aērairδέρων·G1194 · derōto beat up
Cross-references
2 Timothy 2:5And if a man also strive for masteries, [yet] is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully.2 Peter 1:10Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:Philippians 1:21For to me to live [is] Christ, and to die [is] gain.Colossians 1:29Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.2 Timothy 1:12For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.Luke 13:24Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.1 Peter 5:1The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:Ephesians 6:12For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high [places].1 Corinthians 14:9So likewise ye, except ye utter by the tongue words easy to be understood, how shall it be known what is spoken? for ye shall speak into the air.Hebrews 4:1Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left [us] of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.2 Corinthians 5:1For we know that if our earthly house of [this] tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.2 Corinthians 5:8We are confident, [I say], and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.Matthew 11:12And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.
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