Again I saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift, or the battle to the strong, or bread to the wise, or riches to the discerning, or favour to the skilful; rather, time and chance happen to all of them.
1 Corinthians 9:24 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Don’t you know that the runners in a stadium all race, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way as to win the prize. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition 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. American Standard Version (1901) Know ye not that they that run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? Even so run; that ye may attain. Common English Bible Don’t you know that all the runners in the stadium run, but only one gets the prize? So run to win. Catholic Public Domain Version Do you not know that, of those who run in a race, all of them, certainly, are runners, but only one achieves the prize. Similarly, you must run, so that you may achieve. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Know you not that they that run in the race, all run indeed, but one receiveth the prize? So run that you may obtain. |
Again I saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift, or the battle to the strong, or bread to the wise, or riches to the discerning, or favour to the skilful; rather, time and chance happen to all of them.
If you have raced with runners and they have worn you out, how can you compete with horses? If you stumble in a peaceful land, what will you do in the thickets of the Jordan?
I will speak through the prophets and grant many visions; I will give parables through the prophets.
Don’t you know that if you offer yourselves to someone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of that one you obey #– #either of sin leading to death or of obedience leading to righteousness?
Don’t you know that those who perform the temple services eat the food from the temple, and those who serve at the altar share in the offerings of the altar?
Now I do all this because of the gospel, so that I may share in the blessings.
So I do not run like one who runs aimlessly or box like one beating the air.
I went up according to a revelation and presented to them the gospel I preach among the Gentiles, but did so privately to those recognised as leaders. I wanted to be sure I was not running, and had not been running, in vain.
by holding firm to the word of life. Then I can boast in the day of Christ that I didn’t run or labour for nothing.
Not that I have already reached the goal or am already perfect, but I make every effort to take hold of it because I also have been taken hold of by Christ Jesus.
I pursue as my goal the prize promised by God’s heavenly call in Christ Jesus.
Let no one condemn you by delighting in ascetic practices and the worship of angels, claiming access to a visionary realm. Such a person is inflated by empty notions of his unspiritual mind.
Therefore, since we also have such a large cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us lay aside every hindrance and the sin that so easily ensnares us. Let us run with endurance the race that lies before us,
Blessed is the one who endures trials, because when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him.
I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one takes your crown.