Examine Yourself as You Run the Race for Lord as the Apostle Paul
Rev. Lynwood F. Mundy
1 Corinthians 9:19–27
19 For (ver. 1; [ch. 10:29]) though I am free from all, [Gal. 5:13] I have made myself a servant to all, that I might (Matt. 18:15; 1 Pet. 3:1) win more of them. 20 (Acts 16:3; 21:23–26) To the Jews I became as a Jew, in order to win Jews. To those under the law I became as one under the law (though not being myself under the law) that I might win those under the law. 21 To (Rom. 2:12, 14) those outside the law I became [Gal. 2:3; 3:2] as one outside the law (not being outside the law of God but (See ch. 7:22) under the law of Christ) that I might win those outside the law. 22 (2 Cor. 11:29) To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak. (ch. 10:33) I have become all things to all people, that (ch. 7:16; Rom. 11:14) by all means I might save some. 23 I do it all for the sake of the gospel, [ch. 10:24] that I may share with them in its blessings.
24 Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives (Phil. 3:14; Col. 2:18) the prize? So (Gal. 2:2; 5:7; Phil. 2:16; Heb. 12:1; [2 Tim. 4:7]) run that you may obtain it. 25 Every (1 Tim. 6:12; 2 Tim. 2:5; 4:7; [Jude 3]) athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we (See James 1:12) an imperishable. 26 So I do not run aimlessly; I [Heb. 12:4] do not box as one [ch. 14:9]) beating the air. 27 But I discipline my body and [Rom. 6:19] keep it under control Greek I pummel my body and make it a slave lest after preaching to others [Song 1:6] I myself should be [Jer. 6:30; Rom. 1:28; Heb. 6:8] disqualified.
The Holy Bible: English Standard Version. Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2016. Print.
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