1 Corinthians 9:27
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I’m staying alert and in top condition. I’m not going to get caught napping, telling everyone else all about it and then missing out myself.
Copyright 2005 Eugene H. Peterson.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
But I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified.
Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles
NIVNew International Version (2011)
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.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
Instead, I discipline my body and bring it under strict control, so that after preaching to others, I myself will not be disqualified.
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NLTNew Living Translation
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.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
But I discipline my body and subjugate it, lest somehow after preaching to others, I myself should become disqualified.
Copyright 2012 Lexham Press
KJV 1900King James Version
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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