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


In Context

23 And this I do for the gospel’s sake, that I might be partaker thereof with [you. ]

24 Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.

25 And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.

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

27 But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.

1 Corinthians 9:26 in Other Translations

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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:26I therefore thus run, as not uncertainly; so I combat, as not 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: