1 Corinthians 9:24

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

have ye not known that those running in a race -- all indeed run, but one doth receive the prize? so run ye, that ye may obtain;

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Cor 9:26 : 26 I, therefore, thus run, not as uncertainly, thus I fight, as not beating air;
  • Heb 12:1 : 1 Therefore, we also having so great a cloud of witnesses set around us, every weight having put off, and the closely besetting sin, through endurance may we run the contest that is set before us,
  • Phil 3:14 : 14 to the mark I pursue for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
  • Phil 2:16 : 16 the word of life holding forth, for rejoicing to me in regard to a day of Christ, that not in vain did I run, nor in vain did I labour;
  • Gal 2:2 : 2 and I went up by revelation, and did submit to them the good news that I preach among the nations, and privately to those esteemed, lest in vain I might run or did run;
  • Rev 3:11 : 11 Lo, I come quickly, be holding fast that which thou hast, that no one may receive thy crown.
  • 2 Tim 4:7-8 : 7 the good strife I have striven, the course I have finished, the faith I have kept, 8 henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of the righteousness that the Lord -- the Righteous Judge -- shall give to me in that day, and not only to me, but also to all those loving his manifestation.
  • Jas 1:12 : 12 Happy the man who doth endure temptation, because, becoming approved, he shall receive the crown of the life, which the Lord did promise to those loving Him.
  • Gal 5:7 : 7 Ye were running well; who did hinder you -- not to obey the truth?
  • Eccl 9:11 : 11 I have turned so as to see under the sun, that not to the swift `is' the race, nor to the mighty the battle, nor even to the wise bread, nor even to the intelligent wealth, nor even to the skilful grace, for time and chance happen with them all.
  • Jer 12:5 : 5 For -- with footmen thou hast run, And they weary thee, And how dost thou fret thyself with horses! Even in the land of peace, `In which' thou art confident -- And how dost thou in the rising of Jordan!
  • Hos 12:10 : 10 And I have spoken unto the prophets, And I have multiplied vision, And by the hand of the prophets I use similes.
  • Ps 19:5 : 5 And he, as a bridegroom, goeth out from his covering, He rejoiceth as a mighty one To run the path.
  • Col 2:18 : 18 let no one beguile you of your prize, delighting in humble-mindedness and `in' worship of the messengers, intruding into the things he hath not seen, being vainly puffed up by the mind of his flesh,

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  • 1 Cor 9:25-27
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    89%

    25 and every one who is striving, is in all things temperate; these, indeed, then, that a corruptible crown they may receive, but we an incorruptible;

    26 I, therefore, thus run, not as uncertainly, thus I fight, as not beating air;

    27 but I chastise my body, and bring `it' into servitude, lest by any means, having preached to others -- I myself may become disapproved.

  • 2 Tim 2:4-6
    3 verses
    79%

    4 no one serving as a soldier did entangle himself with the affairs of life, that him who did enlist him he may please;

    5 and if also any one may strive, he is not crowned, except he may strive lawfully;

    6 the labouring husbandman it behoveth first of the fruits to partake;

  • Heb 12:1
    75%

    1 Therefore, we also having so great a cloud of witnesses set around us, every weight having put off, and the closely besetting sin, through endurance may we run the contest that is set before us,

  • Phil 3:11-17
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    11 if anyhow I may attain to the rising again of the dead.

    12 Not that I did already obtain, or have been already perfected; but I pursue, if also I may lay hold of that for which also I was laid hold of by the Christ Jesus;

    13 brethren, I do not reckon myself to have laid hold; and one thing -- the things behind indeed forgetting, and to the things before stretching forth --

    14 to the mark I pursue for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

    15 As many, therefore, as `are' perfect -- let us think this, and if `in' anything ye think otherwise, this also shall God reveal to you,

    16 but to what we have come -- by the same rule walk, the same thing think;

    17 become followers together of me, brethren, and observe those thus walking, according as ye have us -- a pattern;

  • 1 Cor 9:22-23
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    72%

    22 I became to the infirm as infirm, that the infirm I might gain; to all men I have become all things, that by all means I may save some.

    23 And this I do because of the good news, that a fellow-partaker of it I may become;

  • Gal 5:7
    71%

    7 Ye were running well; who did hinder you -- not to obey the truth?

  • 2 John 1:8
    69%

    8 See to yourselves that ye may not lose the things that we wrought, but a full reward may receive;

  • 1 Cor 15:58
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    58 so that, my brethren beloved, become ye stedfast, unmovable, abounding in the work of the Lord at all times, knowing that your labour is not vain in the Lord.

  • 2 Tim 4:7-8
    2 verses
    69%

    7 the good strife I have striven, the course I have finished, the faith I have kept,

    8 henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of the righteousness that the Lord -- the Righteous Judge -- shall give to me in that day, and not only to me, but also to all those loving his manifestation.

  • Phil 2:16
    69%

    16 the word of life holding forth, for rejoicing to me in regard to a day of Christ, that not in vain did I run, nor in vain did I labour;

  • 1 Tim 4:8
    68%

    8 for the bodily exercise is unto little profit, and the piety is to all things profitable, a promise having of the life that now is, and of that which is coming;

  • 2 Cor 5:9
    67%

    9 Wherefore also we are ambitious, whether at home or away from home, to be well pleasing to him,

  • 1 Cor 9:10-11
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    10 or because of us by all means doth He say `it'? yes, because of us it was written, because in hope ought the plower to plow, and he who is treading `ought' of his hope to partake in hope.

    11 If we to you the spiritual things did sow -- great `is it' if we your fleshly things do reap?

  • 1 Cor 10:31
    67%

    31 Whether, then, ye eat, or drink, or do anything, do all to the glory of God;

  • Gal 6:8-9
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    8 because he who is sowing to his own flesh, of the flesh shall reap corruption; and he who is sowing to the Spirit, of the Spirit shall reap life age-during;

    9 and in the doing good we may not be faint-hearted, for at the proper time we shall reap -- not desponding;

  • 2 Pet 1:10
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    10 wherefore, the rather, brethren, be diligent to make stedfast your calling and choice, for these things doing, ye may never stumble,

  • 1 Cor 9:19
    66%

    19 for being free from all men, to all men I made myself servant, that the more I might gain;

  • Phil 3:8
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    8 yes, indeed, and I count all things to be loss, because of the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, because of whom of the all things I suffered loss, and do count them to be refuse, that Christ I may gain, and be found in him,

  • Col 3:24
    66%

    24 having known that from the Lord ye shall receive the recompense of the inheritance -- for the Lord Christ ye serve;

  • Col 1:29
    66%

    29 for which also I labour, striving according to his working that is working in me in power.

  • 1 Cor 4:6-7
    2 verses
    66%

    6 And these things, brethren, I did transfer to myself and to Apollos because of you, that in us ye may learn not to think above that which hath been written, that ye may not be puffed up one for one against the other,

    7 for who doth make thee to differ? and what hast thou, that thou didst not receive? and if thou didst also receive, why dost thou glory as not having received?

  • Heb 6:12
    66%

    12 that ye may not become slothful, but followers of those who through faith and patient endurance are inheriting the promises.

  • 2 Cor 9:6
    66%

    6 And this: He who is sowing sparingly, sparingly also shall reap; and he who is sowing in blessings, in blessings also shall reap;

  • Rom 2:7
    66%

    7 to those, indeed, who in continuance of a good work, do seek glory, and honour, and incorruptibility -- life age-during;

  • 1 Cor 10:24
    66%

    24 let no one seek his own -- but each another's.

  • 1 Cor 9:15
    65%

    15 And I have used none of these things; neither did I write these things that it may be so done in my case, for `it is' good for me rather to die, than that any one may make my glorying void;

  • Phil 4:13
    65%

    13 For all things I have strength, in Christ's strengthening me;

  • 1 Cor 14:12
    65%

    12 so also ye, since ye are earnestly desirous of spiritual gifts, for the building up of the assembly seek that ye may abound;

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

  • 1 Tim 4:15
    65%

    15 of these things be careful; in these things be, that thy advancement may be manifest in all things;

  • 1 Pet 4:4
    65%

    4 in which they think it strange -- your not running with them to the same excess of dissoluteness, speaking evil,

  • Phil 1:27
    65%

    27 Only worthily of the good news of the Christ conduct ye yourselves, that, whether having come and seen you, whether being absent I may hear of the things concerning you, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one soul, striving together for the faith of the good news,

  • 2 Pet 1:8
    65%

    8 for these things being to you and abounding, do make `you' neither inert nor unfruitful in regard to the acknowledging of our Lord Jesus Christ,

  • Jas 1:12
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    12 Happy the man who doth endure temptation, because, becoming approved, he shall receive the crown of the life, which the Lord did promise to those loving Him.

  • Col 1:10
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    10 to your walking worthily of the Lord to all pleasing, in every good work being fruitful, and increasing to the knowledge of God,

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