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1 Corinthians 9:25 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" 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. "
1 Corinthians 9:25
Verse in Context
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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.
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.
I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air:
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.
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1 Corinthians 9:1
"Am I not an apostle? am I not free? have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? are not ye my work in the Lord?"
1 Corinthians 9:2
"If I be not an apostle unto others, yet doubtless I am to you: for the seal of mine apostleship are ye in the Lord."
1 Corinthians 9:3
"Mine answer to them that do examine me is this,"
1 Corinthians 9:4
"Have we not power to eat and to drink?"
1 Corinthians 9:5
"Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?"
1 Corinthians 9:6
"Or I only and Barnabas, have ➔ not we power to forbear working?"
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