Parallel Verses
Twentieth Century New Testament
No, I bruise my body and make it my slave, lest I, who have called others to the contest, should myself be rejected.
New American Standard Bible
but I
King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
Instead, I discipline my body and bring it under strict control, so that after preaching to others, I myself will not be disqualified.
International Standard Version
No, I keep on disciplining my body, making it serve me so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not somehow be disqualified.
A Conservative Version
But I give my body a black eye and subdue it, lest somehow having preached to others, I myself might become disqualified.
American Standard Version
but I buffet my body, and bring it into bondage: lest by any means, after that I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected.
Amplified
But [like a boxer] I strictly discipline my body and make it my slave, so that, after I have preached [the gospel] to others, I myself will not somehow be disqualified [as unfit for service].
An Understandable Version
But I work out and get my body in shape [i.e., spiritually], so that after preaching to other people, I myself do not become disqualified [i.e., for winning the prize from God. See verse 24].
Anderson New Testament
but I put my body under severe discipline, and bring it into subjection, lest, after I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected.
Bible in Basic English
But I give blows to my body, and keep it under control, for fear that, after having given the good news to others, I myself might not have God's approval.
Common New Testament
But I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that, after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.
Daniel Mace New Testament
but I mortify my body, and bring it into subjection: lest after having been a herald to others, I my self should be thrown out.
Darby Translation
But I buffet my body, and lead it captive, lest after having preached to others I should be myself rejected.
Godbey New Testament
but I keep my body under, and enslave it, lest having preached the gospel to others, I myself may become disapproved.
Goodspeed New Testament
But I beat and bruise my body and make it my slave, so that after I have called others to the contest I may not be disqualified myself.
John Wesley New Testament
But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection, lest by any means, after having preached to others, I myself should become a reprobate.
Julia Smith Translation
But I give my body a blow under the eyes, and reduce to bondage: lest having proclaimed to others, I myself be rejected.
King James 2000
But I roughly treat my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be disqualified.
Lexham Expanded Bible
But I discipline my body and subjugate [it], lest somehow [after] preaching to others, myself should become disqualified.
Modern King James verseion
But I buffet my body, and lead it captive, lest proclaiming to others I myself might be rejected.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
but I tame my body and bring it into subjection, lest after that I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.
Montgomery New Testament
but I bruise my body and keep it in subjection, lest having called others to the contest, I should myself be disqualified.
NET Bible
Instead I subdue my body and make it my slave, so that after preaching to others I myself will not be disqualified.
New Heart English Bible
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.
Noyes New Testament
but I beat down my body, and bring it into subjection, lest perhaps, when I have been a herald to others, I should myself be rejected as unworthy.
Sawyer New Testament
but I brow-beat my body, and bring it into subjection, lest having preached to others I should myself be a reprobate.
The Emphasized Bible
But am beating my body under, and leading it captive, lest, by any means, - unto others, having proclaimed, the contest , I myself, should be rejected.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
but I beat down my body, and bring it into subjection, that I may not by any means, after having preached to others, myself become reprobate.
Webster
But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest by any means when I have preached to others, I myself should be a cast-away.
Weymouth New Testament
but I hit hard and straight at my own body and lead it off into slavery, lest possibly, after I have been a herald to others, I should myself be rejected.
Williams New Testament
But I keep on beating and bruising my body and making it my slave, so that I, after I have summoned others to the race, may not myself become unfit to run.
World English Bible
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.
Worrell New Testament
But I buffet my body, and bring it into bondage; lest, by any means, after having preached to others, I myself should be rejected.
Worsley New Testament
but I mortify my body and bring it into subjection, least after having preached to others, I myself should be rejected.
Youngs Literal Translation
but I chastise my body, and bring it into servitude, lest by any means, having preached to others -- I myself may become disapproved.
Themes
Affections » Carnal, should be mortified
Affections » Carnal affections should be mortified
Christian conduct » Controlling the body
Ministers » Should be » Self-denying
The Roman empire » Allusions to grecian game adapted by » Training of combatants
Self-denial » Danger of neglecting
Self-denial » Necessary » To the triumph of saints
Stoicism » Paul teaches » That the body must be kept under subjection
Temperance » In relation to food in relation to speech » Appetites to be restrained
War » Figurative » Is against » The flesh
War » Figurative » To be carried on » With self-denial
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References
Word Count of 36 Translations in 1 Corinthians 9:27
Verse Info
Context Readings
Paul Gives Up His Rights As An Apostle
26 I, therefore, run with no uncertain aim. I box-not like a man hitting the air. 27 No, I bruise my body and make it my slave, lest I, who have called others to the contest, should myself be rejected.
Cross References
Romans 8:13
If you live in obedience to your earthly nature, you will inevitably die; but if, by the power of the Spirit, you put an end to the evil habits of the body, you will live.
Matthew 7:21-23
Not every one who says to me 'Master! Master!' will enter the Kingdom of Heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in Heaven.
Luke 9:25
What good does it do a man if, when he has gained the whole world, he has lost or forfeited himself?
Luke 12:45-47
But should that servant say to himself 'My master is a long time coming,' and begin to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and drink and get drunk,
Luke 13:26-27
Then you will begin to say 'We have eaten and drunk in your presence, and you have taught in our streets,' and his reply will be--
Acts 1:25
To take the place in this apostolic work, which Judas has abandoned, to go to his proper place."
Romans 6:18-19
Set free from the control of Sin, you became servants to Righteousness.
1 Corinthians 4:11-12
To this very hour we go hungry, thirsty, and naked; we are beaten; we are homeless;
1 Corinthians 6:12-13
Everything is allowable for me! Yes, but everything is not profitable. Everything is allowable for me! Yes, but for my part, I will not let myself be enslaved by anything.
1 Corinthians 8:13
Therefore, if what I eat makes my Brother fall, rather than make my Brother fall, I will never eat meat again.
1 Corinthians 9:25
Every athlete exercises self-restraint in everything; they, indeed, for a crown that fades, we for one that is unfading.
1 Corinthians 13:1-3
Though I speak in the 'tongues' of men, or even of angels, yet have not Love, I have become mere echoing brass, or a clanging cymbal!
2 Corinthians 6:4-5
No, we are trying to commend ourselves under all circumstances, as God's ministers should--in many an hour of endurance, in troubles, in hardships, in difficulties,
2 Corinthians 11:27
I have been through toil and hardship. I have passed many a sleepless night; I have endured hunger and thirst; I have often been without food; I have known cold and nakedness.
2 Corinthians 13:5-6
Put yourselves to the proof, to see whether you are holding to the Faith. Test yourselves. Surely you recognize this fact about yourselves--that Jesus Christ is in you! Unless indeed you cannot stand the test!
Colossians 3:5
Therefore destroy all that is earthly in you--immorality, uncleanness, passions, evil desires, and that greed which is idolatry.
2 Timothy 2:22
Flee from the passions of youth, but pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, in the company of those who, with a pure heart, invoke the Lord.
1 Peter 2:11
Dear friends, I urge you, as pilgrims and strangers upon earth, to refrain from indulging the cravings of your earthly nature, for they make war upon the soul.
2 Peter 2:15
Leaving the straight road, they have gone astray and followed in the steps of Balaam, the son of Beor, who set his heart on the reward for wrong-doing,