26 Therefore I run in this way, not as running aimlessly; I box in this way, not as beating the air. 27 But I discipline my body and subjugate it, lest somehow after[a] preaching to others, I myself should become disqualified.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 9:27 Here “after” is supplied as a component of the participle (“preaching”) which is understood as temporal

26 Therefore I do not run like someone running aimlessly;(A) I do not fight like a boxer beating the air.(B) 27 No, I strike a blow to my body(C) and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize.(D)

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