And it is like a bridegroom coming out of his room, It rejoices like a strong man to run the path.
1 Corinthians 9:24 - The Scriptures 2009 Do you not know that those who run in a race indeed all run, but one receives the prize? Run in such a way as to obtain it. 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. |
And it is like a bridegroom coming out of his room, It rejoices like a strong man to run the path.
I again saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the mighty, nor even bread to the wise, nor even riches to men of understanding, nor even favour to men of knowledge – for time and chance meets with them all.
“If you have run with the footmen, and they have wearied you, then how do you contend with horses? And if in the land of peace, you feel safe, then how do you manage in the Yardĕn jungle?
“And I have spoken to the prophets, and have increased visions. And through the prophets I gave parables.”
Do you not know that to whom you present yourselves servants for obedience, you are servants of the one whom you obey, whether of sin to death, or of obedience to righteousness?
Do you not know that those serving the Set-apart Place eat from the Set-apart Place, and those attending at the slaughter-place have their share of the offerings of the slaughter-place?
And I do this because of the Good News, so as to become a fellow-partaker with it.
Therefore I run accordingly, not with uncertainty. Thus I fight, not as one who beats the air.
And I went up by revelation, and laid before them that Good News which I proclaim among the nations, but separately to those who were esteemed, lest somehow I run, or had run, in vain.
holding on to the Word of life, for a boast to me in the day of Messiah, that I have not run in vain or laboured in vain.
Not that I have already received, or already been perfected, but I press on, to lay hold of that for which Messiah יהושע has also laid hold of me.
I press on toward the goal for the prize of the high calling of Elohim in Messiah יהושע.
Let no one deprive you of the prize, one who takes delight in false humility and worship of messengers, taking his stand on what he has not seen, puffed up by his fleshly mind,
We too, then, having so great a cloud of witnesses all around us, let us lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race set before us,
Blessed is the man who does endure trial, for when he has been proved, he shall receive the crown of life which the Master has promised to those who love Him.
“See, I am coming speedily! Hold what you have that no one take your crown.