1 Corinthians 9:24

²² To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.

²³ And this I do for the gospel’s sake, that I might be partaker thereof with you.

Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.

²⁵ And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.

²⁶ I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air:

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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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!

Philippians 3:14
I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
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Hebrews 12:1
Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
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2 Timothy 4:7–8
I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:
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Revelation 3:11
Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.
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Philippians 2:16
Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.
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1 Corinthians 9:26
I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air:
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Galatians 5:7
Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth?
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Jeremiah 12:5
If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and if in the land of peace, wherein thou trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan?
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