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1 Corinthians 9:24 — King James Version← Study notes

Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.


1 Corinthians 9:24Greek Interlinear

Greek · 1 Corinthians 9:2419 words
GreekMeaning
ΟὐκOuk
SurelyadverbG3756
οἴδατεoidate
you knowverbG6063
ὅτιhoti
thatwordG3754
οἱhoi
thosearticleG3588
ἐνen
inprepositionG1722
σταδίῳstadiō
a race coursenounG4712
τρέχοντεςtrechontes
runningverbG5143
πάντεςpantes
alladjectiveG3956
μὲνmen
indeedwordG3303
τρέχουσινtrechousin
runverbG5143
εἷςheis
oneadjectiveG1519
δὲde
howeverwordG1161
λαμβάνειlambanei
receivesverbG2983
τὸto
thearticleG3588
βραβεῖονbrabeion
prize?nounG1017
οὕτωςhoutōs
ThusadverbG3779
τρέχετεtrechete
do runverbG5143
ἵναhina
thatwordG2443
καταλάβητεkatalabēte
you may grasp itverbG2638
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 9:24

Having pointed out the manifold usefulness of condescension and that this is the highest perfectness, and that he himself having risen higher than all towards perfection, or rather having gone beyond it by declining to receive, descended lower than all again; and having made known to us the times for each of these, both for the perfectness and for the condescension; he touches them more sharply in what follows, covertly intimating that this which was done by them and which…

Chrysostom · 4th century · Homily 23 on First Corinthians
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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