1 Corinthians 9:26 KJV
I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air:
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- He did all this, with care and diligence, in view of an unfading crownThe apostle compares himself to the racers and combatants in the Isthmian games, well known by the Corinthians. But in the Christian race all may run so as...
Thompson Chains
- Spir. WarfareSee the chain from Romans 7:23 · 6 links
Cross References
- Philippians 1:21 For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
- Colossians 1:29 Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.
- 2 Timothy 1:12 For 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.
- 2 Peter 1:10 Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:
- Matthew 11:12 And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.
- Luke 13:24 Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
- 1 Corinthians 14:9 So 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.
- 2 Corinthians 5:1 For 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 5:8 We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.
- Ephesians 6:12 For 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.
- 2 Timothy 2:5 And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully.
- Hebrews 4:1 Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.
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Topics
- Boxing Figurative
- Faith Exemplified
- Games Foot races
- Self-denial General scriptures concerning Self-denial
- War The flesh
Timeline
- Timeline of the BibleAbout AD 60 · The First Epistle to the Corinthians
Greek and Strong’s
- I Ἐγὼ Egō ἐγώ Pronoun · first person, nominative singular
- therefore τοίνυν toinyn τοίνυν Conjunction
- so οὕτως houtōs οὕτω Adverb
- run τρέχω trechō τρέχω Verb · present active indicative, first person singular
- not οὐκ ouk οὐ Adverb
- as ὡς hōs ὡς Conjunction
- uncertainly ἀδήλως adēlōs ἀδήλως Adverb
- so οὕτως houtōs οὕτω Adverb
- fight I πυκτεύω pykteuō πυκτέω Verb · present active indicative, first person singular
- not οὐκ ouk οὐ Adverb
- as ὡς hōs ὡς Conjunction
- one that beateth δέρων derōn δέρω Verb · present active participle, nominative masculine singular
- the air ἀέρα aera ἀήρ Noun · accusative masculine singular
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