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1 Corinthians 9:27

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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.

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
No, I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.
KJV
But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.
WEB
but I beat my body and bring it into submission, lest by any means, after I have preached to others, I myself should be disqualified.
ASV
but 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.
DARBY
But I buffet my body, and lead it captive, lest [after] having preached to others I should be myself rejected.
BLB
But I batter my body and bring [it] into servitude, lest somehow, having preached to others, I myself might be disqualified.
ÅB
men jeg undertvinger mitt legeme og holder det som slave, for at ikke jeg som preker for andre, selv skal finnes uverdig.
OTB
I stedet disiplinerer jeg strengt min kropp og gjør den til min slave, for at jeg etter å ha forkynt for andre, ikke skal bli diskvalifisert.
B1930
men jeg undertvinger mitt legeme og holder det i trældom, forat ikke jeg som preker for andre, selv skal finnes uverdig.

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  • Romans 8:13

    For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

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  • 1 Corinthians 9:25

    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.

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  • Colossians 3:5

    Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry.

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  • 2 Corinthians 13:5–6

    Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Can’t you see for yourselves that Jesus Christ is in you—unless you actually fail the test?

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  • 1 Peter 2:11

    Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.

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  • 1 Corinthians 6:12–13

    “Everything is permissible for me,” but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible for me,” but I will not be mastered by anything.

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  • 2 Corinthians 6:4–5

    Rather, as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: in great endurance; in troubles, hardships, and calamities;

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  • 1 Corinthians 8:13

    Therefore, if what I eat causes my brother to stumble, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause him to stumble.

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