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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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.
Moses did not meet with greater opposition from Jannes and Jambres, than truth does from men so corrupted in their mind, and so adulterated in their faith.
but that which bears thorns and briars, is look'd upon as lying under a curse; whose end will be to be burnt.
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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As they did not seek the favour of God, by worshipping him, God gave them over to a depraved sense, to act unworthy of human nature;
and my dear Stachys. salute Apelles, an approved christian. salute the family of Aristobulus.
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.
they make a profession of knowing God; but in fact they deny him, being execrably incredulous, and utter strangers to all virtue.
This is a secure rule, and what I would have you constantly maintain, that they who have believed in God, should take care to be examples of virtue, for that is commendable and useful to mankind.
but that which bears thorns and briars, is look'd upon as lying under a curse; whose end will be to be burnt.