1 Corinthians 9:27

The Text-Critical English New Testament

but I discipline my body and make it my slave, lest somehow after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified.

Cross References

Luke 18:5

yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will give her justice, so that she will not wear me out by continually coming to me.’ ”

Luke 9:25

For what does it benefit a person if he gains the whole world but loses or forfeits himself?

Acts 1:25

to receive the share of this ministry and apostleship from which Judas turned away to go to his own place.”

Romans 8:13

for if you live according to the flesh, you are going to die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

1 Corinthians 8:13

Therefore, if food causes my brother to stumble, I will certainly never eat meat, so that I will not cause my brother to stumble.

1 Corinthians 9:25

Every athlete who competes exercises self-control in all things. They do so to receive a perishable wreath, but we do so to receive an imperishable crown.

2 Corinthians 11:27

I have endured labor and hardship, many sleepless nights, and hunger and thirst. I have often gone without food and have been cold due to a lack of sufficient clothing.

Colossians 3:5

Put to death therefore whatever belongs to your earthly nature: fornication, impurity, lust, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.

2 Timothy 2:22

Flee youthful lusts and pursue righteousness, faithfulness, love, and peace, along with those who call upon the Lord from a pure heart.

1 Peter 2:11

Beloved, I urge you as strangers and sojourners to abstain from the desires of the flesh that wage war against the soul,

2 Peter 2:15

They have abandoned the straight path and gone astray, following the way of Balaam, the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness.