Verse 25

1 Corinthians 9:25

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25 And every man who takes part in the sports has self-control in all things. Now they do it to get a crown which is of this world, but we for an eternal crown.

Original Language Text

greek

πᾶς δὲ ὁ ἀγωνιζόμενος πάντα ἐγκρατεύεται, ἐκεῖνοι μὲν οὖν ἵνα φθαρτὸν στέφανον λάβωσιν, ἡμεῖς δὲ ἄφθαρτον.

English Translation

But every competitor exercises self-control in all things; they do it to receive a perishable crown, but we an imperishable one.

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Chapter 9 Context

1 Am I not free? am I not an Apostle? have I not seen Yashua (Jesus) our Lord? are you not my work in... Focus ↗

2 If to others I am not an Apostle, at least I am one to you: for the fact that you are Christians is... Focus ↗

3 My answer to those who are judging me is this. Focus ↗

4 Have we no right to take food and drink? Focus ↗

5 Have we no right to take about with us a Christian wife, like the rest of the Apostles, and the brot... Focus ↗

6 Or I only and Barnabas, have we no right to take a rest from work? Focus ↗

7 Who ever goes to war without looking to someone to be responsible for his payment? who puts in vines... Focus ↗

8 Am I talking as a man? does not the law say the same? Focus ↗

9 For it says in the law of Moses, It is not right to keep the ox from taking the grain when he is cru... Focus ↗

10 Or has he us in mind? Yes, it was said for us; because it is right for the ploughman to do his ploug... Focus ↗

11 If we have been planting the things of the Spirit for you, does it seem a great thing for you to giv... Focus ↗

12 If others have a part in this right over you, have we not even more? But we did not make use of our... Focus ↗

13 Do you not see that the servants of the holy things get their living from the Temple, and the servan... Focus ↗

14 Even so did the Lord give orders that the preachers of the good news might get their living from the... Focus ↗

15 But I have not made use of any of these things: and I am not writing this in the hope that it may be... Focus ↗

16 For if I am a preacher of the good news, I have no cause for pride in this; because I am forced to d... Focus ↗

17 But if I do it gladly, I have a reward; and if not, I am under orders to do it. Focus ↗

18 What then is my reward? This, that when I am giving the good news, I may give it without payment, no... Focus ↗

19 For though I was free from all men, I made myself a servant to all, so that more might have salvatio... Focus ↗

20 And to the Jews I was as a Jew, so that I might give the good news to them; to those under the law I... Focus ↗

21 To those without the law I was as one without the law, not as being without law to God (Elohim), but... Focus ↗

22 To the feeble, I was as one who is feeble, so that they might have salvation: I have been all things... Focus ↗

23 And I do all things for the cause of the good news, so that I may have a part in it. Focus ↗

24 Do you not see that in a running competition all take part, but only one gets the reward? So let you... Focus ↗

25 And every man who takes part in the sports has self-control in all things. Now they do it to get a c...

26 So then I am running, not uncertainly; so I am fighting, not as one who gives blows in the air: Focus ↗

27 But I give blows to my body, and keep it under control, for fear that, after having given the good n... Focus ↗

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Book: 1 Corinthians
Chapter: Chapter 9 (27 verses)
Version: Bible in Basic English

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