1 Corinthians 9:26 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

1 Corinthians 9:26 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I therefore so run - In the Christian race; in my effort to obtain the prize, the crown of immortality. I exert myself to the utmost, that I may not fail of securing the crown. Not as uncertai...
1 Corinthians 9:26 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 9. This chapter is not a digression, and is not primarily concerned with a vindication of Paul's apostolic status and rights. He enforces his plea that the enlightened should not ride...
1 Corinthians 9:26 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

as . "As" should precede "not". uncertainly . Greek. adelos. Only here. Compare 1 Corinthians 14:8 ; 1 Timothy 6:17 . He runs with clear understanding of the conditions and object. See "one th...
1 Corinthians 9:26 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

26. I therefore so run He returns to speak of himself, that his doctrine may have the more weight, on his setting himself forward by way of pattern. What. he says here some refer to assura...
1 Corinthians 9:26 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1968 THE MANNER IN WHICH ST. PAUL SOUGHT FOR HEAVEN 1 Corinthians 9:26-27 . I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air: but I keep under my bo...
1 Corinthians 9:26 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air: I therefore so run, not as uncertainly - In the foot-course in those games, how many soever ran, only one could ha...
1 Corinthians 9:26 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

I—run, not as uncertainly— The stadia, or courses of the Greeks, were like the courses of our horse-races, marked with posts and other signs, that shewed the racer which way he was to run, and of...
1 Corinthians 9:26 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air: I - return to his main subject, his own self-denial, and his motive. Run not as uncertainly - not with...
1 Corinthians 9:26 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

(b) Food offered to Idols (ii) St. Paul's own Example St. Paul has appealed to the 'enlightened' converts at Corinth to give up for the sake of others a practice which they might otherwise have...
1 Corinthians 9:26 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

I therefore so run. — The Apostle appeals to his own conduct as an illustration of the lesson which he is teaching, and by means of it reminds the reader that the whole of this chapter has been a v...
1 Corinthians 9:26 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 14 NOT ALL WHO RUN WIN IN the preceding part of this chapter Paul has proved his right to claim remuneration from those to whom he preached the Gospel, and he has also given his reasons f...
1 Corinthians 9:26 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“Under Bondage to All” 1 Corinthians 9:16-27 Paul's one aim was to gain men. He uses the words repeatedly. To gain one more for his Lord, he would forego comfort, emolument, and well-earned r...
1 Corinthians 9:26 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The words, "my defence to them that examine me is this," reveal the opposition to him in Corinth. The two words, "defence" and "examine," are purely legal, and are in the language of the courts of ju...
1 Corinthians 9:26 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(24) Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain. (25) And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they...
1 Corinthians 9:26 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

THE INCORRUPTIBLE CROWN ‘Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.’ 1 Corinthians 9:25 The few ivy leaves soon fade away. The glory is ephemeral, and the hero is...
1 Corinthians 9:26 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

I therefore so run ,.... The apostle animates the Corinthians by his own example, telling them that he ran so as he exhorted them; he ran with cheerfulness and swiftness in the way marked out for hi...
1 Corinthians 9:26 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air: Ver. 26. Not as uncertainly ] For, 1. I forget those things that are behind, all worldly things. I set those b...
1 Corinthians 9:26 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

I therefore The reward being so great; so run, not as uncertainly For I see the goal I am to run to, I keep it continually in view, and run straight to it, casting off every weight, and not regar...
1 Corinthians 9:26 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Because of the lowliness and grace on the part of the apostle, such as chapter 8 shows in the consideration of his brethren, there were some who would use this as an occasion to belittle him. He made...
1 Corinthians 9:26 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Apostle's Devotedness. A. D. 57. 24 Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, b...
1 Corinthians 9:26 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The apostle proposeth his own example. As it is observed in country work, he that only bids his servants do work, and puts not his own hand to it, or at least doth not attend and overlook them in the...
1 Corinthians 9:26 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

'I therefore so run, as not uncertainly; so do I fight, as not beating the air, but I buffet my body, and bring it into bondage, lest by any means, after that I have preached to others, I myself shou...
1 Corinthians 9:26 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES 1 Corinthians 9:24 .—His own salvation is at stake as well as that of his hearers. He must do all these things, not only as expedients which for his hearers’ sakes may make him a s...
1 Corinthians 9:26 - Sermon Bible Commentary

1 Corinthians 9:24-27 The Race and the Prize. I. The prize, in the contest that St. Paul speaks of, is a different kind of prize from that which these Corinthians were seeking after in their game...
1 Corinthians 9:26 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

The apostle Paul is here giving a description of the way in which he made everything help toward the fulfillment of his desire to be a faithful minister of Jesus Christ. He longed to be the means of...
1 Corinthians 9:26 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Corinthians 9:1 . Am I not an apostle? Am I not free? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are not you my work in the Lord? Having illustrated the legal customs of the jews respecting meats, he intro...
1 Corinthians 9:26 - The Biblical Illustrator

I therefore so run, not as uncertainly. Not as uncertainly In the Grecian games the uncertainties of every earthly race are symbolised. This uncertainty is one of the saddest aspects of experie...
1 Corinthians 9:26 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 1 Corinthians 9:1-46 The rights and the self denial of an apostle. 1 Corinthians 9:1-46 An apostle's right to maintenance. 1 Corinthians 9:1 Am I not an apostle I a...
1 Corinthians 9:26 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The need of self-discipline:
1 Corinthians 9:26 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Peter 5:1 ; 2 Corinthians 5:1 ; 2 Corinthians 5:8 ; 2 Peter 1:10 ; 2 Timothy 1:12 ; 2 Timothy 2:5 ; Colossians 1:29 ; Ephesians 6:12 ; Hebrews 4:1 ; Luke 13:24 ; Matthew 11:12 ; Philipp...
1 Corinthians 9:26 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Those Whom God Chooses 1 Corinthians 9:24-27 INTRODUCTORY WORDS There are none of us who would not desire to be used of God in a large way. This is not an unholy ambition. We should not seek g...
1 Corinthians 9:26 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

I so run, not as uncertainly — I look straight to the goal; I run straight toward it. I cast away every weight, regard not any that stand by. I fight not as one that beateth the air — This is a pro...

1 Corinthians 9:26 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Corinthians 9:26 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 9:26 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Corinthians 9:26 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 9:26 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

1 Corinthians 9:26 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Corinthians 9:26 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 Corinthians 9:26 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Corinthians 9:26 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 9:26 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Corinthians 9:26 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Corinthians 9:26 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Corinthians 9:26 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Corinthians 9:26 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Corinthians 9:26 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

1 Corinthians 9:26 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Corinthians 9:26 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Corinthians 9:26 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Corinthians 9:26 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 9:26 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Corinthians 9:26 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Corinthians 9:26 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 9:26 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Corinthians 9:26 - Sermon Bible Commentary

1 Corinthians 9:26 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1 Corinthians 9:26 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Corinthians 9:26 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Corinthians 9:26 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Corinthians 9:26 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Corinthians 9:26 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 9:26 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

1 Corinthians 9:26 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes