1 Corinthians 9:24

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Know ye not that they that run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? Even so run; that ye may attain.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Οὐκ οἴδατε ὅτι οἱ ἐν σταδίῳ τρέχοντες πάντες μὲν τρέχουσιν, εἷς δὲ λαμβάνει τὸ βραβεῖον; Οὕτως τρέχετε, ἵνα καταλάβητε.

Transliteration

Not oidate that the ones in stadiō trechontes all men trechousin, but one lambanei the brabeion? Thus trechete, that you might katalabēte.

Grammar Details

*oidate*: perfect indicative, 2nd person plural - you know
*stadiō*: dative, neuter, singular - race course/stadium
*trechontes*: present participle, nominative, masculine, plural - running
*men*: particle - on one hand (correlative with δὲ)
*trechousin*: present indicative, 3rd person plural - run
*lambanei*: present indicative, 3rd person singular - receives
*brabeion*: accusative, neuter, singular - prize
*trechete*: present imperative, 2nd person plural - run
*katalabēte*: aorist subjunctive, 2nd person plural - might obtain/seize

Word Meanings

*oidate*: you know/you understand
*stadiō*: race course/stadium/arena
*trechontes*: running/racing
*trechousin*: run/race
*lambanei*: receives/takes/obtains
*brabeion*: prize/award
*trechete*: run/race
*katalabēte*: might obtain/might grasp/might seize

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Referenced Verses

1 Cor 9:26 : 26 I therefore so run, as not uncertainly; so fight I, as not beating the air:
Heb 12:1 : 1 Therefore let us also, seeing we are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
Phil 3:14 : 14 I press on toward the goal unto the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
Phil 2:16 : 16 holding forth the word of life; that I may have whereof to glory in the day of Christ, that I did not run in vain neither labor in vain.
Gal 2:2 : 2 And I went up by revelation; and I laid before them the gospel which I preach among the Gentiles but privately before them who were of repute, lest by any means I should be running, or had run, in vain.
Rev 3:11 : 11 {G2400} I come quickly: hold fast that which thou hast, that no one take thy crown.
2 Tim 4:7-8 : 7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith: 8 henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give to me at that day; and not to me only, but also to all them that have loved his appearing.
Jas 1:12 : 12 Blessed is the man that endureth temptation; for when he hath been approved, he shall receive the crown of life, which [the Lord] promised to them that love him.
Gal 5:7 : 7 Ye were running well; who hindered you that ye should not obey the truth?
Eccl 9:11 : 11 I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
Jer 12:5 : 5 If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and though in a land of peace thou art secure, yet how wilt thou do in the pride of the Jordan?
Hos 12:10 : 10 I have also spoken unto the prophets, and I have multiplied visions; and by the ministry of the prophets have I used similitudes.
Ps 19:5 : 5 Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, And rejoiceth as a strong man to run his course.
Col 2:18 : 18 Let no man rob you of your prize by a voluntary humility and worshipping of the angels, dwelling in the things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,

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