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1 Corinthians 9:27

No, I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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14 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
ἀλλ᾽all᾽ButG235 →
ὑπωπιάζωhupōpiazōI batterG5299 →
μουmoumyG3165 →
τὸto<the>G3588 →
σῶμαsōmabodyG4983 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
δουλαγωγῶ,doulagōgōbring [it] into servitude,G1396 →
μήmēlestG3361 →
πωςpōsperhapsG4458 →
ἄλλοιςalloisto othersG243 →
κηρύξαςkēruxashaving preachedG2784 →
αὐτὸςautosmyselfG846 →
ἀδόκιμοςadokimosdisqualifiedG96 →
γένωμαι.¶genōmaiI may be.G1096 →

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2 Corinthians 13:5Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Can’t you see for yourselves that Jesus Christ is in you—unless you actually fail the test?Romans 8:13For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.1 Corinthians 9:25Everyone 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.Colossians 3:5Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry.2 Corinthians 13:5–6Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Can’t you see for yourselves that Jesus Christ is in you—unless you actually fail the test?1 Peter 2:11Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.1 Corinthians 6:12–13“Everything is permissible for me,” but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible for me,” but I will not be mastered by anything.2 Corinthians 6:4–5Rather, as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: in great endurance; in troubles, hardships, and calamities;1 Corinthians 8:13Therefore, if what I eat causes my brother to stumble, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause him to stumble.1 Corinthians 6:12“Everything is permissible for me,” but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible for me,” but I will not be mastered by anything.Romans 6:18–19You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness.Luke 9:25What does it profit a man to gain the whole world, yet lose or forfeit his very self?2 Corinthians 11:27in labor and toil and often without sleep, in hunger and thirst and often without food, in cold and exposure.Matthew 7:21–23Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of My Father in heaven.2 Timothy 2:22Flee from youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, together with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.2 Peter 2:15They have left the straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam son of Beor, who loved the wages of wickedness.Luke 13:26–27Then you will say, ‘We ate and drank with you, and you taught in our streets.’Matthew 5:29If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.

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