Verse 24
1 Corinthians 9:24
Free Bible Version
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Every competitor who participates in the games maintains a strict training discipline. Of course they do so to win a crown that doesn't last. But our crowns will last forever!
Original Language Text
greek
Οὐκ οἴδατε ὅτι οἱ ἐν σταδίῳ τρέχοντες πάντες μὲν τρέχουσιν, εἷς δὲ λαμβάνει τὸ βραβεῖον; οὕτως τρέχετε ἵνα καταλάβητε.
English Translation
Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way as to obtain it.
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Chapter 9 Context
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Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Haven't I seen Yashua (Jesus) our Lord? Aren't you the results o...
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Even if I'm not an apostle to others, at least I am one to you. The proof of my being an apostle of...
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Here is my reply to those who question me about this:
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Don't we have the right to be provided with food and drink?
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Don't we have a right to be accompanied by a Christian wife, like the rest of the apostles, the Lord...
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Is it only Barnabas and myself who have to work to support ourselves?
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Which soldier ever had to pay his own salary? Who plants a vineyard and doesn't get to eat its fruit...
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Am I just speaking from a human point of view? Doesn't the law say the same thing?
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In the law of Moses it's written, “Don't muzzle the ox when it's threshing out the grain.” Was God (...
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Wasn't he directing this at us? Surely this was written for us—for anyone who plows should plow in h...
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If we sowed what is spiritual with you, does it really matter if we reap some material benefit?
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If others exercise this right over you, don't we deserve it even more? Even so we did not exercise t...
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Don't you know that those who work in temples receive their meals from temple offerings, and those w...
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But I have not made use of any of these provisions, and I'm not writing about this to suggest it sho...
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I have nothing to boast about in sharing the good news because it's something I feel compelled to do...
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If I'm doing this work because of my own choice, then I have a reward. But if it wasn't my choice, a...
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then what reward do I have? It's the opportunity to share the good news without charging for it, not...
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Even though I am free and serve no one, I have placed myself in service to everyone so that I might...
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To the Jews I behave like a Jew so that I might win Jews. To those who are under the law I behave as...
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To those who don't operate according to the law, I behave like them (though not disregarding God (El...
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To those who are weak, I share in their weakness so that I may win the weak. I have ended up being “...
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I do all this for the sake of the good news so that I too may share in its blessings!
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Wouldn't you agree that there are many runners in a race, but only one gets the prize? So run your b...
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Every competitor who participates in the games maintains a strict training discipline. Of course the...
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That's why I run straight in the right direction. I fight accurately, not punching the air.
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I also treat my body severely to bring it under my control, for I don't want somehow to be disqualif...
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