Catholic Public Domain Version
"Instead, I chastise my body, so as to redirect it into servitude. Otherwise, I might preach to others, but become myself an outcast."
— 1 Corinthians 9:27, Catholic Public Domain 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 buffet my body, and bring it into bondage: lest by any means, after that I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected. ”
“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. ”
Do you not know that, of those who run in a race, all of them, certainly, are runners, but only one achieves the prize. Similarly, you must run, so that you may achieve.
And one who competes in a contest abstains from all things. And they do this, of course, so that they may achieve a corruptible crown. But we do this, so that we may achieve what is incorruptible.
And so I run, but not with uncertainty. And so I fight, but not by flailing in the air.
Instead, I chastise my body, so as to redirect it into servitude. Otherwise, I might preach to others, but become myself an outcast.