1 CORINTHIANS 9:27 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“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.”
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. — Paul's discipline: hupōpiazō to sōma mou (I strike a blow to my body, literally 'blacken the eye'). Soulagōgeō (I make it slave) turns the body into an instrument. The fear of adokimos (disqualified, disapproved) in the end motivates present discipline. Even the apostle is accountable to the same athletic standard; complacency invites judgment.
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