1 Corinthians 9:24

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Summary

1 Corinthians 9:24

Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.

So run

Bible References

So run

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

But I went up according to a divine revelation, and laid before them the gospel which I preach among the gentiles: though privately to those of note, least I should run, or had run in vain.

Ye did run well: who hindered you from obeying the truth?

exhibiting the word of life; to my rejoicing in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, nor laboured in vain.

I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

I have fought the good fight, I have finished my race, I have kept the faith.

Having therefore so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us lay aside every incumbrance, and the sin that easily besets us, and run with patience the race that is set before us,

Happy is the man who sustaineth temptation; for being approved he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love Him.

Behold, I come quickly; hold fast what thou hast, that no one may take thy crown.