1 Corinthians 9:27

God's Word

Rather, I toughen my body with punches and make it my slave so that I will not be disqualified after I have spread the Good News to others.

Cross References

Psalm 50:16

But God says to wicked people, “How dare you quote my decrees and mouth my promises!

Exodus 37:22

The buds and branches were hammered out of the same piece of pure gold as the lamp stand.

Jeremiah 6:30

⌞People⌟ will call them useless silver because the Lord has rejected them.”

Luke 18:5

I’ll have to give her justice. Otherwise, she’ll keep coming to me until she wears me out.’ ”

Luke 9:25

What good does it do for people to win the whole world but lose their lives by destroying them?

Acts 1:25

Show us who is to take the place of Judas as an apostle, since Judas abandoned his position to go to the place where he belongs.”

Romans 8:13

If you live by your corrupt nature, you are going to die. But if you use your spiritual nature to put to death the evil activities of the body, you will live.

1 Corinthians 8:13

Therefore, if eating food ⌞offered to false gods⌟ causes other believers to lose their faith, I will never eat that kind of food so that I won’t make other believers lose their faith.

1 Corinthians 9:25

Everyone who enters an athletic contest goes into strict training. They do it to win a temporary crown, but we do it to win one that will be permanent.

2 Corinthians 11:27

Because I’ve had to work so hard, I’ve often gone without sleep, been hungry and thirsty, and gone without food and without proper clothes during cold weather.

Colossians 3:5

Therefore, put to death whatever is worldly in you: your sexual sin, perversion, passion, lust, and greed (which is the same thing as worshiping wealth).

2 Timothy 2:22

Stay away from lusts which tempt young people. Pursue what has God’s approval. Pursue faith, love, and peace together with those who worship the Lord with a pure heart.

1 Peter 2:11

Dear friends, since you are foreigners and temporary residents ⌞in the world⌟, I’m encouraging you to keep away from the desires of your corrupt nature. These desires constantly attack you.

2 Peter 2:15

These false teachers have left the straight path and wandered off to follow the path of Balaam, son of Beor. Balaam loved what his wrongdoing earned him.