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1 Corinthians 9:23-25
1599 Geneva Bible
1 Corinthians 9:23-25
1599 Geneva Bible
23 And this I do for the Gospel’s sake, that I might be partaker thereof with [a]you.
24 [b]Know ye not, that they which run in a race, run all, yet one receiveth the prize? so run that ye may obtain.
25 And every man that proveth masteries, [c]abstaineth from all things: and they do it to obtain a corruptible crown: but we for an incorruptible.
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- 1 Corinthians 9:23 That both I and they to whom I preach the Gospel, may receive fruit by the Gospel.
- 1 Corinthians 9:24 He bringeth in another cause of this mischief, to wit, that they were given to gluttony, for there were solemn banquets of sacrifices, and the riot of the Priests was always too much celebrated and kept. Therefore it was hard for them which were accustomed to righteousness, especially when they pretended the liberty of the Gospel, to be restrained from these banquets: but contrarywise, the Apostle calleth them by a pleasant similitude, and also by his own example, to sobriety and mortification of the flesh, showing that they cannot be fit to run or wrestle (as then the games of Isthmians were) which pamper up their bodies, and therefore affirming that they can have no reward, unless they take another course and trade of life.
- 1 Corinthians 9:25 Useth a most exquisite diet.
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