1 Corinthians 9:27

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

I keep

And

Romans 6:18

Lest

2 Peter 2:15

A castaway

Luke 9:25

Acts 1:25

2 Corinthians 13:5

Bible References

I keep

Any man who enters an athletic contest goes into strict training, to win a wreath that will soon wither, but the one we compete for will never wither.

To this day we have gone hungry, thirsty, and ill-clad; we have had rough usage, we have had no home,

I may do anything I please, but not everything I may do is good for me. I may do anything I please; but I am not going to let anything master me.

Therefore, if what I eat makes my brother fall, I will never eat meat again, rather than make my brother fall.

for if you live under the control of the physical you will die, but if, by means of the Spirit, you put the body's doings to death, you will live.

On the contrary, as a servant of God I try in every way to commend myself to them, through my great endurance in troubles, difficulties, hardships,

through toil and hardship, through many a sleepless night, through hunger and thirst, often without food, and exposed to cold.

So treat as dead your physical nature, as far as immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed are concerned; for it is really idolatry.

Fly from the cravings of youth, and go in pursuit of uprightness, faith, love, and peace, in company with those who call upon the Lord with pure hearts.

Dear friends, I beg you, as aliens and exiles here, not to indulge the physical cravings that are at war with the soul.

And

and so you have been freed from sin, and made slaves of uprightness.

Lest

I will show you a far better way. If I can speak the languages of men and even of angels, but have no love, I am only a noisy gong or a clashing cymbal.

It is not everyone who says to me 'Lord! Lord!' who will get into the Kingdom of Heaven, but only those who do the will of my Father in heaven.

But if the slave says to himself, 'My master is not coming back for a long time,' and begins to beat the men and women slaves and to eat and drink and get drunk,

Then you will go on to say, 'We have been entertained with you, and you have taught in our streets!'

They have left the straight path and gone astray. They have followed the path of Balaam, the son of Beor, who set his heart on dishonest gain,

A castaway

What good does it do a man to gain the whole world and lose or forfeit himself?

to take this place of service as an apostle which Judas left to go where he belonged."

It is yourselves you must test, to see whether you are holding to the faith. It is yourselves you must examine. Do you not know that Jesus Christ is within you? Unless you fail to stand the test!