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1 Corinthians 9:26

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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.

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.

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
Therefore I do not run aimlessly; I do not fight like I am beating the air.
KJV
I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air:
WEB
I therefore run like that, not aimlessly. I fight like that, not beating the air,
ASV
I therefore so run, as not uncertainly; so fight I, as not beating the air:
DARBY
*I* therefore thus run, as not uncertainly; so I combat, as not beating the air.
BLB
Therefore I run thus, not as aimlessly; I fight thus, not as beating the air.
ÅB
Jeg løper da ikke som på det uvisse; jeg fekter ikke som en som slår i været;
OTB
Derfor løper jeg ikke uten mål; heller ikke slår jeg i luften som en bokser.
B1930
Jeg løper da ikke som på det uvisse; jeg fekter ikke som en som slår i været;

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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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  • 2 Peter 1:10

    Therefore, brothers, strive to make your calling and election sure. For if you practice these things you will never stumble,

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  • Philippians 1:21

    For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

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  • Colossians 1:29

    To this end I also labor, striving with all His energy working powerfully within me.

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  • 2 Timothy 1:12

    For this reason, even though I suffer as I do, I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him for that day.

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  • Luke 13:24

    “Make every effort to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able.

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  • 1 Peter 5:1

    As a fellow elder, a witness of Christ’s sufferings, and a partaker of the glory to be revealed, I appeal to the elders among you:

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  • Ephesians 6:12

    For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this world’s darkness, and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.

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