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


In Context

23 I do all this for the sake of the gospel, that I may share in its blessings.

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.

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 a man running aimlessly; I do not fight like a man beating the air.

27 No, I beat my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize.

1st 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 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: