1 Corinthians 9:24

KJV1611 – Modern English

Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may obtain it.

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  • 1 Cor 9:26 : 26 Therefore I run, not with uncertainty; thus I fight, not as one who beats the air.
  • Heb 12:1 : 1 Therefore, seeing we also are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
  • Phil 3:14 : 14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
  • Phil 2:16 : 16 Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, nor labored in vain.
  • Gal 2:2 : 2 And I went up by revelation and communicated to them the gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to those of reputation, lest by any means I should run, or had run, in vain.
  • Rev 3:11 : 11 Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which you have, that no man takes your crown.
  • 2 Tim 4:7-8 : 7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith: 8 Finally there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give me on that day; and not only to me but also to all who have loved His appearing.
  • Jas 1:12 : 12 Blessed is the man who endures temptation: for when he is tried, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord has promised to those who love Him.
  • Gal 5:7 : 7 You were running well; who hindered you from obeying 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, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to men of understanding, nor favor to men of skill; but time and chance happen to them all.
  • Jer 12:5 : 5 If you have run with the footmen and they have wearied you, then how can you contend with horses? And if in the land of peace, in which you trusted, they wearied you, then how will you do in the floodplain of the Jordan?
  • Hos 12:10 : 10 I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used parables, by the ministry of the prophets.
  • Ps 19:5 : 5 Which is like a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoices as a strong man to run a race.
  • Col 2:18 : 18 Let no one beguile you of your reward in a false humility and worship of angels, intruding into those things which he has not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Cor 9:25-27
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    89%

    25And everyone who competes for the prize is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a perishable crown, but we for an imperishable.

    26Therefore I run, not with uncertainty; thus I fight, not as one who beats the air.

    27But I discipline my body and bring it into subjection, lest when I have preached to others, I myself should be disqualified.

  • 2 Tim 2:4-6
    3 verses
    79%

    4No one engaged in warfare entangles himself with the affairs of this life, that he may please him who enlisted him as a soldier.

    5And also if anyone competes in athletics, he is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules.

    6The hardworking farmer must be first to partake of the crops.

  • Heb 12:1
    75%

    1Therefore, seeing we also are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

  • Phil 3:11-17
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    75%

    11If by any means I might attain to the resurrection of the dead.

    12Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me.

    13Brothers, I do not count myself to have laid hold; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead,

    14I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

    15Let us, therefore, as many as are mature, have this mind; and if in anything you think differently, God will reveal even this to you.

    16Nevertheless, to the degree that we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us be of the same mind.

    17Brothers, join in following my example, and mark those who walk as you have us for a pattern.

  • 1 Cor 9:22-23
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    22To the weak I became as weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all people, that I might by all means save some.

    23And this I do for the sake of the gospel, that I may be a partaker of it with you.

  • Gal 5:7
    71%

    7You were running well; who hindered you from obeying the truth?

  • 2 John 1:8
    69%

    8Look to yourselves, that we do not lose those things we have worked for, but that we may receive a full reward.

  • 1 Cor 15:58
    69%

    58Therefore, my beloved brothers and sisters, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

  • 2 Tim 4:7-8
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    69%

    7I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith:

    8Finally there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give me on that day; and not only to me but also to all who have loved His appearing.

  • Phil 2:16
    69%

    16Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, nor labored in vain.

  • 1 Tim 4:8
    68%

    8For bodily exercise profits little, but godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.

  • 2 Cor 5:9
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    9Therefore we strive, that whether present or absent, we may be pleasing to him.

  • 1 Cor 9:10-11
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    10Or does He say it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he who plows should plow in hope, and he who threshes in hope should partake of his hope.

    11If we have sown spiritual things for you, is it a great thing if we reap your material things?

  • 1 Cor 10:31
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    31Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

  • Gal 6:8-9
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    8For he who sows to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he who sows to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.

    9And let us not grow weary in doing good: for in due season we shall reap, if we do not faint.

  • 2 Pet 1:10
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    10Therefore, brethren, be diligent to make your calling and election sure, for if you do these things, you shall never fall:

  • 1 Cor 9:19
    66%

    19For though I am free from all men, I have made myself a servant to all, that I might win the more.

  • Phil 3:8
    66%

    8Indeed, I count all things as loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ,

  • Col 3:24
    66%

    24Knowing that from the Lord you shall receive the reward of the inheritance, for you serve the Lord Christ.

  • Col 1:29
    66%

    29To this end I also labor, striving according to his working, which works mightily in me.

  • 1 Cor 4:6-7
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    6And these things, brothers, I have applied to myself and Apollos for your sakes, that you may learn in us not to think of men above that which is written, so that none of you be puffed up for one against another.

    7For who makes you different from another? And what do you have that you did not receive? Now if you did receive it, why do you boast as if you had not received it?

  • Heb 6:12
    66%

    12That you not become sluggish, but imitate those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

  • 2 Cor 9:6
    66%

    6But this I say: He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly; and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.

  • Rom 2:7
    66%

    7To those who by patient continuance in well-doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, eternal life:

  • 1 Cor 10:24
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    24Let no one seek his own good, but each one the good of others.

  • 1 Cor 9:15
    65%

    15But I have used none of these things, nor have I written these things that it should be done so to me; for it would be better for me to die than that anyone should make my boasting void.

  • Phil 4:13
    65%

    13I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

  • 1 Cor 14:12
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    12Even so you, since you are zealous of spiritual gifts, seek that you may excel to the edification of the church.

  • 1 Cor 10:33
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    33Just as I also please all men in all things, not seeking my own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved.

  • 1 Tim 4:15
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    15Meditate on these things; give yourself entirely to them, that your progress may be evident to all.

  • 1 Pet 4:4
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    4Wherein they think it strange that you do not run with them in the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you:

  • Phil 1:27
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    27Only let your conduct be worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of your affairs, that you stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;

  • 2 Pet 1:8
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    8For if these things are in you and abound, they make you that you shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

  • Jas 1:12
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    12Blessed is the man who endures temptation: for when he is tried, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord has promised to those who love Him.

  • Col 1:10
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    10That you might walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing him, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;