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1 Corinthians 9:27

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but I beat my body and bring it into submission, lest by any means, after I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected.

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1 Corinthians 9:27 in other translations

but I buffet my body, and bring it into bondage: lest by any means, after that I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected.

1 Corinthians 9:27 · American Standard Version

1 Corinthians 9:27 in context

  1. 25Every man who strives in the games exercises self-control in all things. Now they do it to receive a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible.
  2. 26I therefore run like that, not aimlessly. I fight like that, not beating the air,
  3. 27but I beat my body and bring it into submission, lest by any means, after I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected.