1 Corinthians 9:26

American Standard Version

I therefore so run, as not uncertainly; so fight I, as not beating the air:

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1 Corinthians 9:26 in other translations

I therefore run like that, not aimlessly. I fight like that, not beating the air,

1 Corinthians 9:26 · World English Bible

1 Corinthians 9:26 in context

  1. 24Know ye not that they that run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? Even so run; that ye may attain.
  2. 25And every man that striveth in the games exerciseth self-control in all things. Now they do it to receive a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.
  3. 26I therefore so run, as not uncertainly; so fight I, as not beating the air:
  4. 27but I buffet my body, and bring it into bondage: lest by any means, after that I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected.