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1 Corinthians 9:27

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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.

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25 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.

26 I therefore run like that, not aimlessly. I fight like that, not beating the air,

27 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.

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1 Corinthians 9:27 in every translation

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.
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.
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.
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.