Verse 24

1 Corinthians 9:24

Geneva Bible

24 Knowe ye not, that they which runne in a race, runne all, yet one receiueth the price? so runne that ye may obtaine.

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

1 Am I not an Apostle? am I not free? haue I not seene Iesus Christ our Lord? are ye not my worke in t... Focus ↗

2 If I be not an Apostle vnto other, yet doutlesse I am vnto you: for ye are the seale of mine Apostle... Focus ↗

3 My defence to them that examine mee, is this, Focus ↗

4 Haue we not power to eat and to drinke? Focus ↗

5 Or haue we not power to lead about a wife being a sister, as well as the rest of the Apostles, and a... Focus ↗

6 Or I only and Barnabas, haue not we power not to worke? Focus ↗

7 Who goeth a warfare any time at his owne coste? who planteth a vineyarde, and eateth not of the frui... Focus ↗

8 Say I these thinges according to man? saith not the Lawe the same also? Focus ↗

9 For it is written in the Lawe of Moses, Thou shalt not mussell the mouth of the oxe that treadeth ou... Focus ↗

10 Either saith hee it not altogether for our sakes? For our sakes no doubt it is written, that he whic... Focus ↗

11 If wee haue sowen vnto you spirituall thinges, is it a great thing if we reape your carnall thinges? Focus ↗

12 If others with you bee partakers of this power, are not we rather? neuerthelesse, we haue not vsed t... Focus ↗

13 Doe ye not knowe, that they which minister about the holy things, eate of the things of the Temple?... Focus ↗

14 So also hath the Lord ordeined, that they which preach ye Gospel, should liue of the Gospel. Focus ↗

15 But I haue vsed none of these things: neither wrote I these things, that it should be so done vnto m... Focus ↗

16 For though I preach the Gospel, I haue nothing to reioyce of: for necessitie is laid vpon me, and wo... Focus ↗

17 For if I do it willingly, I haue a reward, but if I do it against my will, notwithstanding the dispe... Focus ↗

18 What is my reward then? verely that when I preach the Gospel, I make the Gospel of Christ free, that... Focus ↗

19 For though I bee free from all men, yet haue I made my selfe seruant vnto all men, that I might winn... Focus ↗

20 And vnto the Iewes, I become as a Iewe, that I may winne the Iewes: to them that are vnder the Lawe,... Focus ↗

21 To them that are without Lawe, as though I were without Lawe, (when I am not without Lawe as pertain... Focus ↗

22 To the weake I become as weake, that I may winne the weake: I am made all thinges to all men, that I... Focus ↗

23 And this I doe for the Gospels sake, that I might be partaker thereof with you. Focus ↗

24 Knowe ye not, that they which runne in a race, runne all, yet one receiueth the price? so runne that...

25 And euery man that proueth masteries, abstaineth from all things: and they do it to obtaine a corrup... Focus ↗

26 I therefore so runne, not as vncertainely: so fight I, not as one that beateth the ayre. Focus ↗

27 But I beate downe my body, and bring it into subiection, lest by any meanes after that I haue preach... Focus ↗

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