1 Corinthians 9:25 — Meaning and Application

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

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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? {wife: or, woman}"

1 Corinthians 9:6

"Or I only and Barnabas, have not we power to forbear working?"

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