Their buds and branches were of one piece with it. All of it was a single hammered piece of pure gold.
1 Corinthians 9:27 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Instead, I discipline my body and bring it under strict control, so that after preaching to others, I myself will not be disqualified. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 but I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But [like a boxer] I buffet my body [handle it roughly, discipline it by hardships] and subdue it, for fear that after proclaiming to others the Gospel and things pertaining to it, I myself should become unfit [not stand the test, be unapproved and rejected as a counterfeit]. American Standard Version (1901) but I buffet my body, and bring it into bondage: lest by any means, after that I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected. Common English Bible Rather, I’m landing punches on my own body and subduing it like a slave. I do this to be sure that I myself won’t be disqualified after preaching to others. Catholic Public Domain Version Instead, I chastise my body, so as to redirect it into servitude. Otherwise, I might preach to others, but become myself an outcast. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But I chastise my body, and bring it into subjection: lest perhaps, when I have preached to others, I myself should become a castaway. |
Their buds and branches were of one piece with it. All of it was a single hammered piece of pure gold.
yet because this widow keeps pestering me, I will give her justice, so that she doesn’t wear me out by her persistent coming.” ’
For what does it benefit someone if he gains the whole world, and yet loses or forfeits himself?
to take the place in this apostolic ministry that Judas left to go where he belongs.’
because 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.
Therefore, if food causes my brother or sister to fall, I will never again eat meat, so that I won’t cause my brother or sister to fall.
Now everyone who competes exercises self-control in everything. They do it to receive a perishable crown, but we an imperishable crown.
toil and hardship, many sleepless nights, hunger and thirst, often without food, cold, and without clothing.
Therefore, put to death what belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desire, and greed, which is idolatry.
Flee from youthful passions, and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.
Dear friends, I urge you as strangers and exiles to abstain from sinful desires that wage war against the soul.
They have gone astray by abandoning the straight path and have followed the path of Balaam, the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of wickedness