1 Corinthians 9:27 KJV
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.
Scofield Notes
- castaway(Greek - Ἀδμίν, "disapproved)." Dokimos, without the private a, is translated "approved" in Rom 14:18; Rom 16:10; 1 Cor 11:19; 2 Cor 10:18; 2 Tim 2:15; Jas...
Matthew Henry
- 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
- Self-control (2)Last of 3 links
- Appetites RestrainedSee the chain from Proverbs 23:2 · 4 links
- Self-denialSee the chain from Matthew 16:24 · 5 links
- Mortify the FleshSee the chain from Matthew 5:29 · 6 links
- CastawaysLast of 5 links
Cross References
- Romans 8:13 For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.
- 1 Corinthians 8:13 Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend.
- 2 Corinthians 13:5–6 Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates? …
- 1 Corinthians 9:25 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.
- Colossians 3:5 Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
- Romans 6:18–19 Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness. …
- 1 Corinthians 6:12–13 All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any. …
- 1 Peter 2:11 Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
- Matthew 7:21–23 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. …
- Luke 9:25 For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away?
- 2 Timothy 2:22 Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
- Psalms 50:16 But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?
- Jeremiah 6:30 Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the LORD hath rejected them.
- 2 Peter 2:15 Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;
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Topics
- Affections Carnal, should be mortified
- Apostasy Unclassified scriptures relating to
- Appetite Kept in subjection
- Captivity Figurative
- Continence General scriptures concerning
- Lasciviousness General scriptures concerning
- Lust Evil desire
- Minister, Christian Character and attributes of
- Self-denial General scriptures concerning
- Stoicism That the body must be kept under subjection
- Temperance General scriptures concerning
- War The flesh
- Watchfulness General scriptures concerning
- Wicked (people) Punishment of
- Zeal, religious Exemplified by Paul
Timeline
- Timeline of the BibleAbout AD 60 · The First Epistle to the Corinthians
Strong’s Numbers
- But ἀλλά allá
- I keep under ὑπωπιάζω hypōpiázō
- my μοῦ moû
- body σῶμα sōma
- and καί kaí
- bring it into subjection δουλαγωγέω doulagōgéō
- lest that by any means μήπως mḗpōs -πώς -pṓs
- when I have preached κηρύσσω kērýssō
- to others ἄλλος állos
- I myself αὐτός autós
- should be γίνομαι gínomai
- a castaway ἀδόκιμος adókimos
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