World English Bible
"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."
— 1 Corinthians 9:27, World English 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. ”
“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. ”
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.
Every man who strives in the games exercises self-control in all things. Now they do it to receive a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible.
I therefore run like that, as not uncertainly. I fight like that, as not beating the air,
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.