1 Corinthians 9:27 - Tree of Life Version

²⁷ Rather, I punish my body and bring it into submission, so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁷ 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

²⁷ 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)

²⁷ 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

²⁷ 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

²⁷ Instead, I chastise my body, so as to redirect it into servitude. Otherwise, I might preach to others, but become myself an outcast.

1 Corinthians 9:27 Tagairtí Cros

Psalm 50:16

But to the wicked, God says: “What are you doing, reciting My laws and taking My covenant in your mouth?

Exodus 37:22

Their bulbs and their branches were one piece with it, an entire hammered work of pure gold.

Jeremiah 6:30

They are called ‘cast off silver’— for Adonai has cast them off.”

Luke 18:5

yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will give her justice so she won’t wear me out by her incessant coming.’”

Luke 9:25

“For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses or forfeits himself?

Acts 1:25

to take the position in this office as emissary, from which Judah turned aside to go to his own place.”

Romans 8:13

For if you live according to the flesh, you must die; but if by the Ruach you put to death the deeds of the body, you shall live.

1 Corinthians 8:13

For this reason, if food causes my brother to stumble, I will never eat meat again, so that I do not cause my brother to stumble.

1 Corinthians 9:25

Every competitor exercises self-control in all respects. They do it to receive a perishable crown, but we do it to receive an imperishable one.

2 Corinthians 11:27

in labor and hardship, through many sleepless nights, in hunger and thirst, often without food, in cold and exposure.

Colossians 3:5

Therefore, put to death what is earthly in you—sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desire, and greed—for that is idolatry.

2 Timothy 2:22

Now flee from youthful desires; instead, pursue righteousness, faithfulness, love, and shalom, with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.

1 Peter 2:11

Loved ones, I urge you as strangers and sojourners to keep away from the fleshly cravings that war against the soul.

2 Peter 2:15

They have abandoned the straight way. They have gone astray. They have followed the way of Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the wages of wickedness.