1 Corinthians 9:24-27
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24 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. 25 Every man who strives in the games exercises self-control in all things. Now they do it to receive a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible. 26 I therefore run like that, not aimlessly. I fight like that, not beating the air, 27 but I beat my body and bring it into submission, lest by any means, after I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected.
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1 Corinthians 9:24-27
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24 Do you not know that in a race the runners all compete, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may win it.(A) 25 Athletes exercise self-control in all things; they do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable one.(B) 26 So I do not run aimlessly, nor do I box as though beating the air, 27 but I punish my body and enslave it, so that after proclaiming to others I myself should not be disqualified.(C)
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