1 Corinthians 9:26

Bible in Basic English (1941)

So then I am running, not uncertainly; so I am fighting, not as one who gives blows in the air:

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  • Phil 1:21 : 21 For to me life is Christ and death is profit.
  • Col 1:29 : 29 And for this purpose I am working, using all my strength by the help of his power which is working in me strongly.
  • 2 Tim 1:12 : 12 And for which I undergo these things: but I have no feeling of shame. For I have knowledge of him in whom I have faith, and I am certain that he is able to keep that which I have given into his care till that day.
  • 2 Pet 1:10 : 10 For this reason, my brothers, take all the more care to make your selection and approval certain; for if you do these things you will never have a fall:
  • 2 Tim 2:5 : 5 And if a man takes part in a competition he does not get the crown if he has not kept the rules.
  • Heb 4:1 : 1 Let us then, though we still have God's word that we may come into his rest, go in fear that some of you may be unable to do so.
  • Matt 11:12 : 12 And from the days of John the Baptist till now, the kingdom of heaven is forcing its way in, and men of force take it.
  • Luke 13:24 : 24 Do your best to go in by the narrow door, for I say to you, A number will make the attempt to go in, but will not be able to do so.
  • 1 Cor 14:9 : 9 So if you, in using a strange tongue, say words which have no sense, how will anyone take in what you are saying? for you will be talking to the air.
  • 2 Cor 5:1 : 1 For we are conscious that if this our tent of flesh is taken down, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in heaven.
  • 2 Cor 5:8 : 8 We are without fear, desiring to be free from the body, and to be with the Lord.
  • Eph 6:12 : 12 For our fight is not against flesh and blood, but against authorities and powers, against the world-rulers of this dark night, against the spirits of evil in the heavens.
  • 1 Pet 5:1 : 1 I who am myself one of the rulers of the church, and a witness of the death of Christ, having my part in the coming glory, send this serious request to the chief men among you:

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  • 1 Cor 9:22-25
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    22 To the feeble, I was as one who is feeble, so that they might have salvation: I have been all things to all men, so that some at least might have salvation.

    23 And I do all things for the cause of the good news, so that I may have a part in it.

    24 Do you not see that in a running competition all take part, but only one gets the reward? So let your minds be fixed on the reward.

    25 And every man who takes part in the sports has self-control in all things. Now they do it to get a crown which is of this world, but we for an eternal crown.

  • 1 Cor 9:27
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    27 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.

  • 2 Tim 2:3-6
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    3 Be ready to do without the comforts of life, as one of the army of Christ Jesus.

    4 A fighting man, when he is with the army, keeps himself free from the business of this life so that he may be pleasing to him who has taken him into his army.

    5 And if a man takes part in a competition he does not get the crown if he has not kept the rules.

    6 It is right for the worker in the fields to be the first to take of the fruit.

  • 2 Tim 4:7-8
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    7 I have made a good fight, I have come to the end of my journey, I have kept the faith:

    8 From now on, the crown of righteousness is made ready for me, which the Lord, the upright judge, Will give to me at that day: and not only to me, but to all those who have had love for his revelation.

  • Phil 3:11-14
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    11 If in any way I may have the reward of life from the dead.

    12 Not as if I had even now got the reward or been made complete: but I go on in the hope that I may come to the knowledge of that for which I was made the servant of Christ Jesus.

    13 Brothers, it is clear to me that I have not come to that knowledge; but one thing I do, letting go those things which are past, and stretching out to the things which are before,

    14 I go forward to the mark, even the reward of the high purpose of God in Christ Jesus.

  • Phil 2:16
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    16 Offering the word of life; so that I may have glory in you in the day of Christ, because my running was not for nothing and my work was not without effect.

  • Col 1:29
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    29 And for this purpose I am working, using all my strength by the help of his power which is working in me strongly.

  • 1 Tim 6:12
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    12 Be fighting the good fight of the faith; take for yourself the life eternal, for which you were marked out, and of which you gave witness in the eyes of all.

  • Heb 12:1
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    1 For this reason, as we are circled by so great a cloud of witnesses, putting off every weight, and the sin into which we come so readily, let us keep on running in the way which is marked out for us,

  • 2 Cor 10:2-4
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    2 Yes, I make my request to you, so that when I am with you I may not have to make use of the authority which may be needed against some to whom we seem to be walking after the flesh.

    3 For though we may be living in the flesh, we are not fighting after the way of the flesh

    4 (For the arms with which we are fighting are not those of the flesh, but are strong before God for the destruction of high places);

  • Eph 6:12-13
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    12 For our fight is not against flesh and blood, but against authorities and powers, against the world-rulers of this dark night, against the spirits of evil in the heavens.

    13 For this reason take up all the arms of God, so that you may be able to be strong in the evil day, and, having done all, to keep your place.

  • 1 Cor 9:15
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    15 But I have not made use of any of these things: and I am not writing this in the hope that it may be so for me: for it would be better for me to undergo death, than for any man to make this pride of mine of no effect.

  • 1 Cor 15:58
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    58 For this cause, my dear brothers, be strong in purpose and unmoved, ever giving yourselves to the work of the Lord, because you are certain that your work is not without effect in the Lord.

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    31 Yes, truly, by your pride in me, my brothers in Christ Jesus our Lord, my life is one long death.

    32 If, after the way of men, I was fighting with beasts at Ephesus, what profit is it to me? If the dead do not come to life again, let us take our pleasure in feasting, for tomorrow we come to an end.

  • Phil 1:30
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    30 Fighting the same fight which you saw in me, and now have word of in me.

  • 1 Tim 4:8
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    8 For the training of the body is of profit for a little, but religion is of profit in every way, giving hope for the life which now is, and for that which is to come.

  • 2 Tim 2:14-15
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    14 Put these things before them, giving them orders in the name of the Lord to keep themselves from fighting about words, which is of no profit, only causing error in their hearers.

    15 Let it be your care to get the approval of God, as a workman who has no cause for shame, giving the true word in the right way.

  • 2 Cor 4:9
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    9 We are cruelly attacked, but not without hope; we are made low, but we are not without help;

  • Acts 20:24
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    24 But I put no value on my life, if only at the end of it I may see the work complete which was given to me by the Lord Jesus, to be a witness of the good news of the grace of God.

  • 1 Cor 4:6
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    6 My brothers, it is because of you that I have taken Apollos and myself as examples of these things, so that in us you might see that it is not wise to go farther than what is in the holy Writings, so that no one of you may be lifted up against his brother.

  • 1 Cor 16:13
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    13 Be on the watch, unmoved in the faith, and be strong like men.

  • 2 John 1:8
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    8 Keep watch over yourselves, so that you do not make our work of no effect, but may get your full reward.

  • Gal 6:9
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    9 And let us not get tired of well-doing; for at the right time we will get in the grain, if we do not give way to weariness.

  • 2 Cor 11:5
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    5 For in my opinion, I am in no way less than the most important of the Apostles.

  • 2 Cor 11:17
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    17 What I am now saying is not by the order of the Lord, but as a foolish person, taking credit to myself, as it seems.

  • Phil 4:13
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    13 I am able to do all things through him who gives me strength.

  • Rom 15:20
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    20 Making it my purpose not to take the good news where Christ was named, so that my work might not be resting on that of others;

  • Phil 1:16
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    16 These do it from love, conscious that I am responsible for the cause of the good news:

  • 2 Cor 6:9
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    9 Unnoted, but still kept fully in mind; as near to death, but still living; as undergoing punishment, but not put to death;

  • 2 Cor 10:16
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    16 So that we may be able to go on and take the good news to countries still farther away than you are, and not take credit for another man's work in making things ready to our hand.

  • 1 Cor 14:8
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    8 For if the war-horn gives out an uncertain note, who will get ready for the fight?

  • 1 Cor 6:12
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    12 I am free to do all things; but not all things are wise. I am free to do all things; but I will not let myself come under the power of any.

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    18 This order I give to you, Timothy my son, in harmony with the words of the prophets about you, so that by them you may be strong, fighting the good fight,

  • Phil 1:22
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    22 But if I go on living in the flesh--if this is the fruit of my work--then I do not see what decision to make.

  • Eph 6:17
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    17 And take salvation for your head-dress and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God: