1st Corinthians Chapter 9 verse 24 Holy Bible
Know ye not that they that run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? Even so run; that ye may attain.
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Do you not see that in a running competition all take part, but only one gets the reward? So let your minds be fixed on the reward.
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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.
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Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.
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Don't you know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run like that, that you may win.
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have ye not known that those running in a race -- all indeed run, but one doth receive the prize? so run ye, that ye may obtain;
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1st Corinthians 9 : 24 Bible Verse Songs
Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerses 24-27. - Exhortation to earnestness as a corollary from the principles here stated. Verse 24. - Know ye not that they which run in a race run all? They as Corinthians would well know the full bearing of every illustration derived from the triennial Isthmian games, which were the chief glory of their city, and which at this period had even thrown the Olympic games into the shade. The words "in a race," are rather, in the stadium. The traces of the great Corinthian stadium, where the games were held and the races run, are still visible on the isthmus. This metaphor of "the race," which has pervaded the common language of Christianity, is also found in Hebrews 12:1; Philippians 3:14; 2 Timothy 4:7. The prize. The bracium was the wreath given to the victor by the judges. The Christian prize is that of "the high calling of God in Jesus Christ," towards which St. Paul himself was pressing forward.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(24) Know ye not . . .--The illustration which follows refers to these Isthmian games (so called from their taking place in the isthmus where Corinth stood) with which his readers would be familiar. These, like the other games of Greece--the Olympian, Pythian, and Nemean--included every form of athletic exercise, and stood on an entirely different footing from anything of the kind in modern times. For the Greek, these contests were great national and religious festivals. None but freemen could enter the lists, and they only after they had satisfied the appointed officers that they had for ten months undergone the necessary preliminary training. For thirty days previous to the contest the candidates had to attend the exercises at the gymnasium, and only after the fulfilment of these conditions were they allowed, when the time arrived, to contend in the sight of assembled Greece. Proclamation was made of the name and country of each competitor by a herald. The victor was crowned with a garland of pine leaves or ivy. The family of the conqueror was honoured by his victory, and when he returned to his native town he would enter it through a breach in the walls, the object of this being to symbolise that for a town which was honoured with such a citizen no walls of defence were needful (Plutarch). Pindar, or some other great poet, would immortalise the victorious hero's name in his verse, and in all future festivals the foremost seats would be occupied by the heroes of former contests.So run--i.e., run in the way referred to, so that you may gain a prize.
