1 Corinthians 9:27 — Greek Interlinear

Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 9:27

“But I buffet my body, and bring it into bondage lest by any means, after that I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected.” Here he implies that they are subject to the lust of the belly and give up the reins to it, and under a pretence of perfection fulfil their own greediness; a thought which before also he was travailing to express, when he said, “meats for the belly, and the belly for meats.” 1 Corinthians 6:13 For since both fornication is caused by luxury,…