1 Corinthians 9:26

I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air:

I {G1473} therefore {G5106} so {G3779} run {G5143}, not {G3756} as {G5613} uncertainly {G84}; so {G3779} fight I {G4438}, not {G3756} as {G5613} one that beateth {G1194} the air {G109}:

Accordingly, I don’t run aimlessly but straight for the finish line; I don’t shadow-box but try to make every punch count.

Therefore I do not run aimlessly; I do not fight like I am beating the air.

I therefore so run, as not uncertainly; so fight I, as not beating the air:

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Cross-References

  • 2 Peter 1:10 (10 votes)

    Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:

  • Philippians 1:21 (10 votes)

    ¶ For to me to live [is] Christ, and to die [is] gain.

  • 2 Timothy 2:5 (10 votes)

    And if a man also strive for masteries, [yet] is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully.

  • Colossians 1:29 (7 votes)

    Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.

  • Luke 13:24 (5 votes)

    Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.

  • 2 Timothy 1:12 (3 votes)

    For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.

  • Ephesians 6:12 (3 votes)

    For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high [places].