1 Corinthians 9:24

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22 ^ato the weak I became¹ as weak, that I might win the weak. ^bI have become all things to all men, ^cthat I might by all means save some.

23 Now this I do for the gospel’s sake, that I may be partaker of it with you.

Striving for a Crown

24 Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? ^aRun in such a way that you may¹ obtain it.

25 And everyone who competes for the prize¹ is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a perishable crown, but we for ^aan imperishable crown.

26 Therefore I run thus: ^anot with uncertainty. Thus I fight: not as one who beats the air.

27 ^aBut I discipline my body and ^bbring it into subjection, lest, when I have preached to others, I myself should become ^cdisqualified.

Verse Comparison: 1 Corinthians 9:24

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

Amplified® Bible
Do you not know that in a race all the runners compete, but [only] one receives the prize? So run [your race] that you may lay hold [of the prize] {and} make it yours.

Contemporary English Version
You know that many runners enter a race, and only one of them wins the prize. So run to win!

Darby English Version
Know ye not that they who run in [the] race-course run all, but one receives the prize? Thus run in order that ye may obtain.

Good News Bible
Surely you know that many runners take part in a race, but only one of them wins the prize. Run, then, in such a way as to win the prize.

International Standard Version
You know that in a race all the runners run but only one wins the prize, don't you? You must run in such a way that you may be victorious.

King James Version
Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.

New American Standard Bible
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 win.

New International Version
Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize.

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

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
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 win.

Young's Literal Translation
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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