Reference: Castaway
Easton
Gr. adokimos, (1Co 9:27), one regarded as unworthy (R.V., "rejected"); elsewhere rendered "reprobate" (2Ti 3:8, etc.); "rejected" (Heb 6:8, etc.).
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No, I bruise my body and make it my slave, lest I, who have called others to the contest, should myself be rejected.
Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so do these people, in their turn, oppose the Truth. Their minds are corrupted, and, as regards the Faith, they are utterly worthless.
but, if it 'bears thorns and thistles,' it is regarded as worthless, it is in danger of being 'cursed,' and its end will be the fire.
Morish
????????. Paul kept his body under control, lest, though he had preached to others, he himself should be a castaway. 1Co 9:27. The same word is translated 'reprobate' in Ro 1:28; 2Co 13:5-7; 2Ti 3:8; Tit 1:16; and 'rejected' in Heb 6:8. It is the negative form of 'approved,' Ro 16:10; etc.
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Then, as they would not keep God before their minds, God abandoned them to depraved thoughts, so that they did all kinds of shameful things.
No, I bruise my body and make it my slave, lest I, who have called others to the contest, should myself be rejected.
They profess to know God, but by their actions they disown him. They are degraded and self-willed; and, as far as anything good is concerned, they are utterly worthless.
How true that saying is! And it is on these subjects that I desire you to lay especial stress, so that those who have learned to trust in God may be careful to devote themselves to doing good. Such subjects are excellent in themselves, and of real use to mankind.
but, if it 'bears thorns and thistles,' it is regarded as worthless, it is in danger of being 'cursed,' and its end will be the fire.