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1 Corinthians 9:26

The Text-Critical English New Testament

Therefore I do not run aimlessly, nor do I box as though beating the air;

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From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven has been suffering violence, and the violent take it by force.

“Strive to enter through the narrow gate. For many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able to.

It is the same with you. If you do not produce intelligible speech with your tongue, how will anyone know what you are saying? You will just be speaking into the air.

Now we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not made by human hands.

Yes, we have courage and would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord.

I went up in response to a revelation and presented to them the gospel that I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to those who were held in high esteem, to make sure that I was not running or had not run in vain.

For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers of the darkness of this age, and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.

For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.

To this end I labor, striving according to his energy that is powerfully at work within me.

That is why I am suffering these things. But I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that he is able to guard what has been entrusted to me until that day.

Similarly, 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 have such a great cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us lay aside every weight and the sin that so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that lies before us,

Therefore, while the promise of entering his rest remains open, let us proceed with fear so that none of you may be found to have fallen short of it.

I exhort the elders among you, I who am a fellow elder, a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and a partaker in the glory that will be revealed:

Therefore, brothers, be all the more diligent to confirm that you are among those whom God has called and chosen, because if you do these things, you will never stumble.




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