1st Corinthians Chapter 9 verse 26 Holy Bible
I therefore so run, as not uncertainly; so fight I, as not beating the air:
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So then I am running, not uncertainly; so I am fighting, not as one who gives blows in the air:
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*I* therefore thus run, as not uncertainly; so I combat, as not beating the air.
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I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air:
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I therefore run like that, as not uncertainly. I fight like that, as not beating the air,
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I, therefore, thus run, not as uncertainly, thus I fight, as not beating air;
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1st Corinthians 9 : 26 Bible Verse Songs
Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 26. - Not as uncertainly. My eye is fixed on a definite goal (2 Timothy 1:12). So fight I (Romans 7:23; Ephesians 6:12; 2 Timothy 4:7); literally, so box 1. Not as one that beateth the air; rather, as not beating the air. Not what the Greeks called "a shadow battle." I strike forthright blows, not feints, or blows at random.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(26) I therefore so run.--The Apostle appeals to his own conduct as an illustration of the lesson which he is teaching, and by means of it reminds the reader that the whole of this chapter has been a vindication of his own self-denial, and that he has a clear and definite object in view.So fight I.--The illustration is changed from running to boxing, both being included in the word used in 1Corinthians 9:25, "contending." He has an adversary to contend against, and he strikes him, and does not wildly and impotently strike at him, and so only beat the air.
