1 Corinthians 9:27
1 Corinthians 9:27 — The New International Version (NIV)
27 No, I strike a blow to my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize.
1 Corinthians 9:27 — English Standard Version (ESV)
27 But I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified.
1 Corinthians 9:27 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
27 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.
1 Corinthians 9:27 — New Living Translation (NLT)
27 I discipline my body like an athlete, training it to do what it should. Otherwise, I fear that after preaching to others I myself might be disqualified.
1 Corinthians 9:27 — New Century Version (NCV)
27 I treat my body hard and make it my slave so that I myself will not be disqualified after I have preached to others.
1 Corinthians 9:27 — American Standard Version (ASV)
27 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.
1 Corinthians 9:27 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
27 But I buffet my body, and lead it captive, lest after having preached to others I should be myself rejected.
1 Corinthians 9:27 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
27 Rather, I toughen my body with punches and make it my slave so that I will not be disqualified after I have spread the Good News to others.
1 Corinthians 9:27 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
27 Instead, I discipline my body and bring it under strict control, so that after preaching to others, I myself will not be disqualified.
1 Corinthians 9:27 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
27 but I punish my body and enslave it, so that after proclaiming to others I myself should not be disqualified.
1 Corinthians 9:27 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
27 But I discipline my body and subjugate it, lest somehow after preaching to others, I myself should become disqualified.
1 Corinthians 9:27 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
27 No, I train my body and bring it under control. Then after I have preached to others, I myself will not break the rules and fail to win the prize.
1 Corinthians 9:27 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
27 but I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that, after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.