Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize. 25 Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last, but we do it to get a crown that will last forever. 26 Therefore I do not run like someone running aimlessly; I do not fight like a boxer beating the air. 27 No, I strike a blow to my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize. —1 Corinthians 9:24-27
Running Tips
1) Run
(v. 24)(v. 26)
2) Run
(v. 27)
To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all people so that by all possible means I might save some. —1 Corinthians 9:22
For God requires from us nothing more than that we press on vigorously until we reach the goal.” —Calvin Commentary on 1 Corinthians 9
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, —Hebrews 12:1
I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. —2 Timothy 4:7
3) Run
(v.24)
Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize. —1 Corinthians 9:24
“As the Corinthians might think this was Paul’s case, he argues, from the very design of it that this is common to all Christians.” —Calvin Commentary on 1 Corinthians 9
4) Run
(v. 24)
How are you running?
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