American Standard Version
"but I buffet my body, and bring it into bondage: lest by any means, after that I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected. "
— 1 Corinthians 9:27, American Standard Version
“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. ”
“but I beat my body and bring it into submission, lest by any means, after I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected.”
“Instead I subdue my body and make it my slave, so that after preaching to others I myself will not be disqualified.”
“But I chastise my body and bring it into subjection: lest perhaps, when I have preached to others, I myself should become a castaway. ”
“But I give blows to my body, and keep it under control, for fear that, after having given the good news to others, I myself might not have God's approval.”
“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. ”
Know ye not that they that run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? Even so run; that ye may attain.
And every man that striveth in the games exerciseth self-control in all things. Now they do it to receive a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.
I therefore so run, as not uncertainly; so fight I, as not beating the air:
but I buffet my body, and bring it into bondage: lest by any means, after that I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected.