26I therefore thus run, as not uncertainly; so I combat, as not beating the air.


In Context

23 And I do all things for the sake of the glad tidings, that I may be fellow-partaker with them.

24 Know ye not that they who run in the race-course run all, but one receives the prize? Thus run in order that ye may obtain.

25 But every one that contends for a prize is temperate in all things: they then indeed that they may receive a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible.

26 I therefore thus run, as not uncertainly; so I combat, as not beating the air.

27 But I buffet my body, and lead it captive, lest after having preached to others I should be myself rejected.

1 Corinthians 9:26 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:26I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air:

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

9:26Therefore I do not run like a man running aimlessly; I do not fight like a man beating the air.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:26I therefore so run, not as at an uncertainty: I so fight, not as one beating the air:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:26I therefore so run, as not uncertainly; so fight I, as not beating the air:

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:26I therefore so run, as not uncertainly; so fight I, as not beating the air:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:26I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so I fight, not as one that beateth the air:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:26I therefore run like that, as not uncertainly. I fight like that, as not beating the air,

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:26I, therefore, thus run, not as uncertainly, thus I fight, as not beating air;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:26I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beats the air: