From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven has suffered violence, and men of violence take it by force.
1 Corinthians 9:26 - Revised Standard Version Well, I do not run aimlessly, I do not box as one beating the air; Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Therefore I do not run uncertainly (without definite aim). I do not box like one beating the air and striking without an adversary. American Standard Version (1901) I therefore so run, as not uncertainly; so fight I, as not beating the air: Common English Bible So now this is how I run—not without a clear goal in sight. I fight like a boxer in the ring, not like someone who is shadowboxing. Catholic Public Domain Version And so I run, but not with uncertainty. And so I fight, but not by flailing in the air. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version I therefore so run, not as at an uncertainty: I so fight, not as one beating the air: |
From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven has suffered violence, and men of violence take it by force.
“Strive to enter by the narrow door; for many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able.
So with yourselves; if you in a tongue utter speech that is not intelligible, how will any one know what is said? For you will be speaking into the air.
For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
We are of good courage, and we would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord.
I went up by revelation; and I laid before them (but privately before those who were of repute) the gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, lest somehow I should be running or had run in vain.
For we are not contending against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world rulers of this present darkness, against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.
For this I toil, striving with all the energy which he mightily inspires within me.
and therefore I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed, and I am sure that he is able to guard until that Day what has been entrusted to me.
An athlete is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules.
I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us,
Therefore, while the promise of entering his rest remains, let us fear lest any of you be judged to have failed to reach it.
So I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ as well as a partaker in the glory that is to be revealed.
Therefore, brethren, be the more zealous to confirm your call and election, for if you do this you will never fall;
it was only that the generations of the people of Israel might know war, that he might teach war to such at least as had not known it before.