1 Corinthians 9:26 - Revised Version 1885

I therefore so run, as not uncertainly; so fight I, as not beating the air:

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I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air:

Therefore I do not run uncertainly (without definite aim). I do not box like one beating the air and striking without an adversary.

I therefore so run, as not uncertainly; so fight I, as not beating the air:

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.

And so I run, but not with uncertainty. And so I fight, but not by flailing in the air.

I therefore so run, not as at an uncertainty: I so fight, not as one beating the air: