Their voice has gone out to all the earth and their words to the end of the world. In the heavens He pitched a tent for the sun.
1 Corinthians 9:24 - Tree of Life Version Don’t you know that in a stadium the runners all run, but one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may win! Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Do you not know that in a race all the runners compete, but [only] one receives the prize? So run [your race] that you may lay hold [of the prize] and make it yours. American Standard Version (1901) Know ye not that they that run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? Even so run; that ye may attain. Common English Bible Don’t you know that all the runners in the stadium run, but only one gets the prize? So run to win. Catholic Public Domain Version Do you not know that, of those who run in a race, all of them, certainly, are runners, but only one achieves the prize. Similarly, you must run, so that you may achieve. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Know you not that they that run in the race, all run indeed, but one receiveth the prize? So run that you may obtain. |
Their voice has gone out to all the earth and their words to the end of the world. In the heavens He pitched a tent for the sun.
I further observed under the sun: The race is not to the swift nor the battle to the mighty, nor does bread come to the wise, or wealth to the discerning, or favor to the skillful; for time and chance befall them all.
“If you raced with those on foot and they wore you out, how can you compete with horses? If you are secure in a land of peace, how will you do in Jordan’s thickets?
“Yet I have been Adonai your God, since the land of Egypt. I will yet again make you dwell in tents, as in the days of the moed.
Do you not know that to whatever you yield yourselves as slaves for obedience, you are slaves to what you obey—whether to sin resulting in death, or to obedience resulting in righteousness?
Don’t you know that those who perform the holy services eat from the Temple, and those who wait on the altar receive a share at the altar?
I do it all for the sake of the Good News, so that I might be a fellow partaker of it.
So I run in this way—not aimlessly. So I box in this way—not beating the air.
Because of a revelation, I went up and presented to them the Good News that I proclaim among the Gentiles. But I did so privately to those who seemed to be influential, to make sure I would not run—or had not run—in vain.
You were running a great race! Who blocked you from following the truth?
holding fast to the word of life, so that I may boast in the day of Messiah that I did not run or labor in vain.
Not that I have already obtained this or been perfected, but I press on if only I might take hold of that for which Messiah Yeshua took hold of me.
I press on toward the goal for the reward of the upward calling of God in Messiah Yeshua.
Let no one disqualify you by insisting on false humility and worship of angels—going into detail about what he has seen, puffed up without cause by his fleshly mind.
Therefore, since we have such a great cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also get rid of every weight and entangling sin. Let us run with endurance the race set before us,
Happy is the one who endures testing, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love Him.
I am coming soon—hold on to what you have, so that no one will take away your crown.