"Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain." — 1 Corinthians 9:24

1 Corinthians 9:24 · KJV

“Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.”

— 1 Corinthians 9:24

And this I do for the gospel's sake, that I might be partaker thereof with {you}.

And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they {do it} to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.

1 Corinthians 9 — Context

To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all {men}, that I might by all means save some.

And this I do for the gospel's sake, that I might be partaker thereof with {you}.

Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.

And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they {do it} to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.

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

Cross References

Philippians 3:14

I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

Hebrews 12:1

Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset {us}, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

2 Timothy 4:7-8

I have fought a good fight, I have finished {my} course, I have kept the faith:

Revelation 3:11

Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.

Philippians 2:16

Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.

Galatians 5:7

Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth? {hinder you: or, drive you back}

1 Corinthians 9:26

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

Jeremiah 12:5

If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and {if} in the land of peace, {wherein} thou trustedst, {they wearied thee}, then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan?