Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.
Ver. 24. Know ye not] The apostle argueth from their profane sports, yet approveth them not; as neither doth the Lord patronize usury, Matthew 25:27; injustice, Luke 16:1; thefts, 1 Thessalonians 5:2; dancing, Matthew 11:17 .
So run that ye may obtain, ] Here is the race, but above the crown, saith Ignatius to Polycarp. (ωδε μεν εστι το σταδιον, εκει δε οι στεφανοι .) Run to get the race, said Mr Bradford to his fellow sufferers, you are almost at your journey's end. I doubt not but our Father will with us send to you also, as he did to Elias, a fiery chariot to convey us into his kingdom. Let us therefore not be dismayed to leave our cloak behind us, that is, our bodies to ashes. (Acts and Mon.)