“And from the days of Yoḥanan the Immerser till now the reign of the heavens is violated, and the violent seize it.
1 Corinthians 9:26 - The Scriptures 2009 Therefore I run accordingly, not with uncertainty. Thus I fight, not as one who beats 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: |
“And from the days of Yoḥanan the Immerser till now the reign of the heavens is violated, and the violent seize it.
“Strive to enter through the narrow gate, because many, I say to you, shall seek to enter in and shall not be able.
So also you, if you do not give speech by the tongue that is clear, how shall it be known what is spoken? For you shall be speaking into the air.
For we know that if the tent of our earthly house is destroyed, we have a building from Elohim, a house not made with hands, everlasting in the heavens.
we are of good courage, and are well pleased rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Master.
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.
Because we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against authorities, against the world-rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual matters of wickedness in the heavenlies.
for which I also labour, striving according to the working of Him who works in me in power.
For this reason I also suffer these matters, but I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able to watch over that which I have entrusted to Him until that Day.
And if anyone competes in a game, he is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules.
I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have guarded the belief.
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,
Therefore, since a promise remains of entering into His rest, let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short of it.
Therefore, as a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Messiah, and also a sharer of the esteem that is to be revealed, I appeal to the elders among you:
For this reason, brothers, all the more do your utmost to make firm your calling and choosing, for if you are doing these matters you shall never stumble at all,
only that the generations of the children of Yisra’ĕl might know, to teach them battle, only those who before did not know them: