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1 Corinthians 9:25

Self-controlFollowing JesusEternal life

23 I do all this for the sake of the gospel, so that I may share in its blessings.

24 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.

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.

27 No, I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.

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BSB
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.
KJV
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.
WEB
Every man who strives in the games exercises self-control in all things. Now they do it to receive a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible.
ASV
And 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.
DARBY
But every one that contends [for a prize] is temperate in all things: *they* then indeed that they may receive a corruptible crown, but *we* an incorruptible.
BLB
Now everyone striving controls himself in all things; these indeed then so that they might receive a perishable crown, but we an imperishable.
ÅB
Hver som er med i veddekamp, er avholdende i alt, hine for å få en forgjengelig krans, men vi en uforgjengelig.
OTB
Alle som konkurrerer i lekene utøver selvkontroll i alle ting. Så de gjør det for å oppnå en forgjengelig krone, men vi en uforgjengelig.
B1930
Hver som er med i veddekamp, er avholdende i alt, hine for å få en forgjengelig krans, men vi en uforgjengelig.

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Cross references

  • 2 Timothy 2:5

    Likewise, a competitor does not receive the crown unless he competes according to the rules.

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  • Revelation 2:10

    Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Look, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison to test you, and you will suffer tribulation for ten days. Be faithful even unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.

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  • 1 Timothy 6:12

    Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made the good confession before many witnesses.

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  • 2 Timothy 4:7–8

    I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.

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  • James 1:12

    Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him.

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  • Revelation 3:11

    I am coming soon. Hold fast to what you have, so that no one will take your crown.

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  • 2 Peter 1:6

    and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness;

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  • 1 Peter 5:4

    And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that will never fade away.

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