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Scott's Reference Library
1 Corinthians 9:24 through 1 Corinthians 9:27 (NIV)
24Do 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. 25Everyone 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. 26Therefore I do not run
like a man running aimlessly; I do not fight like a man beating the air. 27No, 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.
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible
VERSES 24-27
The apostle compares himself to the racers and combatants in the Isthmian games,
well known by the Corinthians. But in the Christian race all may run so as to
obtain. There is the greatest encouragement, therefore, to persevere with all
our strength, in this course. Those who ran in these games were kept to a spare
diet. They used themselves to hardships. They practised the exercises. And those
who pursue the interests of their souls, must combat hard with fleshly lusts.
The body must not be suffered to rule. The apostle presses this advice on the
Corinthians. He sets before himself and them the danger of yielding to fleshly
desires, pampering the body, and its lusts and appetites. Holy fear of himself
was needed to keep an apostle faithful: how much more is it needful for our
preservation! Let us learn from hence humility and caution, and to watch against
dangers which surround us while in the body.