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1 Corinthians 9:25 — King James Version← Study notes

And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.


1 Corinthians 9:25Greek Interlinear

Greek · 1 Corinthians 9:2516 words
GreekMeaning
πᾶςpas
EveryoneadjectiveG3956
δὲde
nowwordG1161
ho
whoarticleG3588
ἀγωνιζόμενοςagōnizomenos
is strivingverbG75
πάνταpanta
in all thingsadjectiveG3956
ἐγκρατεύεταιenkrateuetai
controls himselfverbG1467
ἐκεῖνοιekeinoi
theydemonstrativeG1565
μὲνmen
indeedwordG3303
οὖνoun
thenwordG3767
ἵναhina
thatwordG2443
φθαρτὸνphtharton
a perishableadjectiveG5349
στέφανονstephanon
crownnounG4735
λάβωσινlabōsin
they may receiveverbG2983
ἡμεῖςhēmeis
we ourselvespronounG1473
δὲde
howeverwordG1161
ἄφθαρτονaphtharton
an imperishableadjectiveG862
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 9:25

“And every man that strives in the games is temperate in all things.” What is, “all things?” He does not abstain from one and err in another, but he masters entirely gluttony and lasciviousness and drunkenness and all his passions. “For this,” says he, “takes place even in the heathen games. For neither is excess of wine permitted to those who contend at the time of the contest, nor wantonness, lest they should weaken their vigor, nor yet so much as to be busied about…

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