1 Corinthians 9:24
22 To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all people so that by all possible means I might save some.
23 I do all this for the sake of the gospel, so that I may share in its blessings.
Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way as to take the prize.
25 Everyone who competes in the games trains with strict discipline. They do it for a crown that is perishable, but we do it for a crown that is imperishable.
26 Therefore I do not run aimlessly; I do not fight like I am beating the air.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way as to take the prize.
- KJV
- Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.
- WEB
- Don’t you know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run like that, so that you may win.
- ASV
- Know ye not that they that run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? Even so run; that ye may attain.
- DARBY
- Know ye not that they who run in [the] race-course run all, but one receives the prize? Thus run in order that ye may obtain.
- BLB
- Do you⁺ not know that those running in a race indeed all run, but one receives the prize? Run thus, so that you⁺ might obtain [it].
- ÅB
- Vet dere ikke at de som løper på rennebanen, de løper vel alle, men bare én får prisen? Løp da slik, for at dere kan vinne den!
- OTB
- Vet dere ikke at i et løp konkurrerer alle løperne, men bare én får prisen? Løp på en slik måte at dere vinner.
- B1930
- Vet I ikke at de som løper på rennebanen, de løper vel alle, men bare én får prisen? Løp da således, forat I kan vinne den!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Philippians 3:14
I press on toward the goal to win the prize of God’s heavenly calling in Christ Jesus.
Read in contextHebrews 12:1
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off every encumbrance and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with endurance the race set out for us.
Read in context2 Timothy 4:7–8
I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
Read in contextRevelation 3:11
I am coming soon. Hold fast to what you have, so that no one will take your crown.
Read in contextPhilippians 2:16
as you hold forth the word of life, in order that I may boast on the day of Christ that I did not run or labor in vain.
Read in context1 Corinthians 9:26
Therefore I do not run aimlessly; I do not fight like I am beating the air.
Read in contextGalatians 5:7
You were running so well. Who has obstructed you from obeying the truth?
Read in contextJeremiah 12:5
“If you have raced with men on foot and they have worn you out, how can you compete with horses? If you stumble in a peaceful land, how will you do in the thickets of the Jordan?
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