NET Bible
"Instead I subdue my body and make it my slave, so that after preaching to others I myself will not be disqualified."
— 1 Corinthians 9:27, NET Bible
“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.”
“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 all the runners in a stadium compete, but only one receives the prize? So run to win.
Each competitor must exercise self-control in everything. They do it to receive a perishable crown, but we an imperishable one.
So I do not run uncertainly or box like one who hits only air.
Instead I subdue my body and make it my slave, so that after preaching to others I myself will not be disqualified.