1 Corinthians 9:26 - Tree of Life Version

²⁶ So I run in this way—not aimlessly. So I box in this way—not beating the air.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁶ I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁶ Therefore I do not run uncertainly (without definite aim). I do not box like one beating the air and striking without an adversary.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁶ I therefore so run, as not uncertainly; so fight I, as not beating the air:

Common English Bible

²⁶ So now this is how I run—not without a clear goal in sight. I fight like a boxer in the ring, not like someone who is shadowboxing.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁶ And so I run, but not with uncertainty. And so I fight, but not by flailing in the air.

1 Corinthians 9:26 Tagairtí Cros

Matthew 11:12

From the days of John the Immerser until now, the kingdom of heaven is treated with violence, and the violent grasp hold of it.

Luke 13:24

“Make every effort to enter through the narrow door; for many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able.

1 Corinthians 14:9

So also with you with your tongue—unless you utter speech that is intelligible, how will what is spoken be understood? For you will be talking to the wind!

2 Corinthians 5:1

For we know that if the tent, our earthly home, is torn down, we have a building from God—a home not made with human hands, eternal in the heavens.

2 Corinthians 5:8

We are confident, I say, and prefer rather to be absent from the body and at home with the Lord.

Galatians 2:2

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.

Ephesians 6:12

For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the worldly forces of this darkness, and against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.

Philippians 1:21

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

Colossians 1:29

To this end I labor, striving with all His strength which is powerfully at work in me.

2 Timothy 1:12

For this reason I also am suffering these things—but I am not ashamed, for I know in whom I have trusted and I am convinced He is able to safeguard what I have entrusted to Him until that Day.

2 Timothy 2:5

Also, if anyone competes as an athlete, he is not crowned victorious unless he competes according to the rules.

2 Timothy 4:7

I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith.

Hebrews 12:1

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,

Hebrews 4:1

Let us fear then! Though a promise of entering His rest is left open, some of you would seem to have fallen short.

1 Peter 5:1

Therefore I appeal to the elders among you—as a fellow elder and witness of Messiah’s sufferings, and a partaker also of the glory about to be revealed—

2 Peter 1:10

Therefore, brothers and sisters, make all the more effort to make your calling and election certain—for if you keep doing these things, you will never stumble.

Judges 3:2

It was only in order that the generations of Bnei-Yisrael might learn from war, which they had not experienced before.