1 Corinthians 9:24
“Know yee not that they which runne in a race, runne all, but one receiueth the price? So runne, that yee may obtaine.”
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1 Corinthians 9:24 Context
22To the weake became I as weake, that I might gaine the weake: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all meanes saue some. 23And this I doe for the Gospels sake, that I might be partaker thereof with you. 24Know yee not that they which runne in a race, runne all, but one receiueth the price? So runne, that yee may obtaine. 25And euery man that striueth for the masterie, is temperate in all things: Now they doe it to obtaine a corruptible crowne, but we an incorruptible. 26I therefore so runne, not as vncertainely: so fight I, not as one that beateth the ayre:
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Other Translations for 1 Corinthians 9:24
Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.
- King James Version
Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but {only} one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may win.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Know ye not that they that run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? Even so run; that ye may attain.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Do you not see that in a running competition all take part, but only one gets the reward? So let your minds be fixed on the reward.
- Basic English Bible
Know ye not that they who run in [the] race-course run all, but one receives the prize? Thus run in order that ye may obtain.
- Darby Bible
Know ye not, that they who run in a race, all run, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.
- Webster's Bible
Do you not know that in the foot-race the runners all run, but that only one gets the prize? You must run like him, in order to win with certainty.
- Weymouth Bible
Don't you know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run like that, that you may win.
- World English Bible
Witen ye not, that thei that rennen in a furlong, alle rennen, but oon takith the prijs? So renne ye, that ye catche.
- Wycliffe Bible
have ye not known that those running in a race -- all indeed run, but one doth receive the prize? so run ye, that ye may obtain;
- Youngs Literal Bible
Commentary for 1 Corinthians 9:24
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Wesley's Notes for 1 Corinthians 9:24
9:24 Know ye not that - In those famous games which are kept at the isthmus, near your city. They who run in the foot race all run, though but one receiveth the prize - How much greater encouragement have you to run; since ye may all receive the prize of your high calling!
People's Bible Notes for 1 Corinthians 9:24
1Co 9:24 Know ye not that they who run in a race all run. He had spoken of self denial in order to secure gospel success. He now enforces the need of sparing no effort, self denial or exertion, to win the crown. The Corinthians were familiar with the races in the stadium. The Isthmian games, among the most famous of Greece, were celebrated at Corinth. But one receiveth the prize. Only one, the foremost, received a prize. Hence the lesson, so run, that you may obtain. Outstrip all others if possible.