1 Corinthians 9:27
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
No, I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.
In context
25 Everyone who competes in the games trains with strict discipline. They do it for a crown that is perishable, but we do it for a crown that is imperishable.
26 Therefore I do not run aimlessly; I do not fight like I am beating the air.
27 No, I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.
1 Corinthians 9:27 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- No, I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.
- KJV King James 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.
- WEB 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 disqualified.
- ASV 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.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- but I chastise my body, and bring [it] into servitude, lest by any means, having preached to others — I myself may become disapproved.
- DBY Darby Translation
- But I buffet my body, and lead it captive, lest [after] having preached to others I should be myself rejected.
- WBS Webster Bible
- But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest by any means when I have preached to others, I myself should be a cast-away.