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1 Corinthians 9:5 open_in_new
sister
A wife who is a sister.
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1 Corinthians 9:11 open_in_new
carnel
That is, things for the body.
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1 Corinthians 9:21 open_in_new
without
The expression is peculiar and might be literally rendered, "not lawless toward God, but inlawed to Christ."
See "Law (of Christ)," (Galatians 6:2); (2 John 1:5).
It is another way of saying, "not under the law, but under the rule of grace." (Romans 6:14).
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1 Corinthians 9:22 open_in_new
save
( See Scofield) - (Romans 1:16).
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1 Corinthians 9:24 open_in_new
race
Race-course.
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1 Corinthians 9:27 open_in_new
castaway
(Greek, "adokimos", "disapproved"). Greek, "dokimos", without the private, "a", is translated "approved" in (Romans 14:18); (Romans 16:10); (1 Corinthians 11:19); (2 Corinthians 10:18); (2 Corinthians 13:7); (2 Timothy 2:15); and in (James 1:12); by the word "tried." The prefix simply changes the word to a negative, that is, not approved, or, disapproved. The apostle is writing of service, not of salvation. He is not expressing fear that he may fail of salvation but of his crown.
See "Rewards"; (Daniel 12:3); (1 Corinthians 3:14).