1 Corinthians 9:27

27 But dI ekeep under my body, and fbring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, gI myself should be ha castaway.

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 — 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 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

27 But I discipline my body and bring it into subjection, lest, when I have preached to others, I myself should become 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.

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d	See Matt. 5:29.
e	Luke 18:5 (Gk.).
f	Comp. Rom. 6:19. 2 Cor. 4:5.
g	Comp. Cant. 1:6. Ecclus. 37:19.
h	Rom. 1:28. 2 Cor. 13:5, 6, 7. 2 Tim. 3:8. Titus 1:16. Heb. 6:8 in the Gk. So Jer. 6:30 (Gk.).