1 Corinthians 9:24 - Easy To Read Version

²⁴ You know that in a race all the runners run. But only one runner gets the prize. So run like that. Run to win!

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁴ 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

²⁴ 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)

²⁴ 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

²⁴ 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

²⁴ 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

²⁴ Know you not that they that run in the race, all run indeed, but one receiveth the prize? So run that you may obtain.

1 Corinthians 9:24 Tagairtí Cros

Psalm 19:5

The sun comes out like a happy bridegroom from his bedroom.\par The sun begins its path across the sky\par like an athlete eager to run his race.\par

Ecclesiastes 9:11

I also saw other things in this life {\cf2\super [36]} that were not fair: The fastest runner does not always win the race; the strongest army does not always win the battle; the wisest man does not always get the food he earns; the smartest man does not always get the wealth; and an educated person does not always get the praise he deserves. When the time comes, bad things happen to everyone!

Jeremiah 12:5

“Jeremiah, if you get tired running\par in a footrace with men,\par how will you race against horses?\par If you get tired in a safe place,\par what will you do in a dangerous place?\par What will you do in the thorn bushes\par that grow along the Jordan River?\par

Hosea 12:10

I spoke to the prophets. I gave them many visions. {\cf2\super [137]} I gave the prophets many ways to teach my lessons to you.

Romans 6:16

Surely you know that when you give yourselves like slaves to obey someone, then you are really slaves of that person. The person you obey is your master. You can follow sin, or obey God. Sin brings spiritual death. But obeying God makes you right with him.

1 Corinthians 9:13

So if the food I eat makes another believer fall into sin, then I will never eat meat again. I will stop eating meat, so that I will not make my brother or sister sin.

1 Corinthians 9:23

I do all these things because of the Good News. {\cf2\super [61]} I do these things so that I can share in \{the blessings of\} the Good News.

1 Corinthians 9:26

So I run like a person that has a goal. I fight like a boxer that is hitting something—not just the air.

Galatians 2:2

I went because God showed me that I should go. I went to those men who were considered to be the leaders \{of the believers\}. When we were alone, I told these men the Good News {\cf2\super [10]} I tell to the non-Jewish people. \{I wanted these men to understand my work,\} so that my past work and the work I do now would not be wasted.

Galatians 5:7

You were running a good race. You were obeying the truth. Who persuaded you to stop following the true way?

Philippians 2:16

You offer those people the teaching that gives life. So I can be happy when Christ comes again. I can be happy because my work was not wasted. I ran in the race and won.

Philippians 3:12

I don’t mean that I am already exactly like God wants me to be. I have not yet reached that goal. But I continue trying to reach that goal and to make it mine. Christ wants me to do that. That is the reason Christ made me his.

Philippians 3:14

I keep trying to reach the goal and get the prize. That prize is mine because God called me through Christ to the life above.

Colossians 2:18

Some people enjoy acting like they are humble and love to worship angels. Those people always talk about the visions {\cf2\super [14]} they have seen. Don’t let those people say, “You don’t do these things, so you are wrong.” Those people are full of foolish pride because they think only the thoughts of people, \{not the thoughts of God\}.

Hebrews 12:1

We have those many people \{of faith\} around us. Their lives tell us what faith means. So we should be like them. We too should run the race that is before us and never stop trying. We should take away \{from our lives\} anything that would stop us. And we should take away the sin that so easily catches us.

James 1:12

What great blessings there are for the person who is tempted and still continues strong. Why? Because after he has proved his faith, God will give him the reward of life forever. God promised this to all people who love him.

Revelation 3:11

“I am coming soon. Continue the way you are now. Then no person will take away your crown (reward).