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Verse 24. _THEY WHICH RUN IN A RACE RUN ALL_] It is sufficiently
evident that the apostle alludes to the athletic exercises in the
games which were celebrated every fifth year on the isthmus, or narr...
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KNOW YE NOT ... - In the remainder of this chapter, Paul illustrates
the general sentiment on which he had been dwelling - the duty of
practicing self-denial for the salvation of others - by a referen...
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6. PAUL'S GRACIOUS EXAMPLE.
CHAPTER 9
_ 1. The Apostle's rights. (1 Corinthians 9:1)._
2. He waives his rights for the Gospel's sake. (1 Corinthians 9:15).
3. The race-course and the crown. ...
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1 CORINTHIANS 9. This chapter is not a digression, and is not
primarily concerned with a vindication of Paul's apostolic status and
rights. He enforces his plea that the enlightened should not ride
ro...
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THE UNCLAIMED PRIVILEGES (1 Corinthians 9:1-14)...
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Are you not aware that those who run in the stadium all run, but only
one receives the prize? So run that you may win the prize. Now every
athlete in the games practises complete self-discipline. They...
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RACE. race-course. Greek. _stadion._ Elsewhere translated "furlong",
the course being usually of this length.
PRIZE. Greek. _brabeion._ Only here and Philippians 1:3; Philippians
1:14. Compare the ver...
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Exhortation to Self-restraint
24. _Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one
receiveth the prize?_ Not that this is the case in the Christian
course, but that each should manifest the...
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EXHORTATION TO SELF-RESTRAINT...
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ΟΥ̓Κ ΟἼΔΑΤΕ ὍΤΙ. The Apostle now introduces the figure
of a race-course. He does not mean that in the Christian course only
one receives the prize, but that each should manifest the same
eagerness and...
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_PAUL RAN THE RACE WELL 1 CORINTHIANS 9:24-27:_ Paul understood that
there was a race to run or a fight to win. In this section of
scripture he gave a second reason for practicing self-restraint. The...
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DISCOURSE: 1967
DIRECTIONS FOR RUNNING OUR RACE
1 Corinthians 9:24. _So run, that ye may obtain_.
THERE is not any thing around us from which we may not draw some hints
for our spiritual instruction....
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THEY WHICH RUN IN A RACE, &C.— The Apostle here refers to the
_Isthmian games,_ so called from their being celebrated on the
Corinthian Isthmus, or the neck of land which joins Peloponnesus to
the con...
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BUTLER'S COMMENTS
SECTION 3
Reasons For Relinquishment (1 Corinthians 9:19-27)
19 For though I am free from all men, I have made myself a slave to
all, that I might win the more. 20To the Jews I bec...
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Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth
the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.
KNOW YE NOT. The Isthmian games, in which the foot- race was a
leading one, were a subjec...
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1 The Corinthians questioned the apostleship of Paul. The phrase, "the
twelve apostles" has been used to throw doubt on his commission, for
if there were but twelve apostles, Paul could not have been...
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THE IMPORTANCE OF SELF-DISCIPLINE. St. Paul illustrates the need of
this self-denial which he has been inculcating from the Greek games or
athletic sports, some of the most noted of which (the Isthmia...
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_(b) Food offered to Idols
(ii) St. Paul's own Example_
St. Paul has appealed to the 'enlightened' converts at Corinth to give
up for the sake of others a practice which they might otherwise have
had...
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Not all who start in a race, win; only the best. In the Christian race
there is a crown for all who run their best, but only for such....
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SERVANTS OF CHRIST
1 CORINTHIANS
_HILDA BRIGHT_
CHAPTER 9
THE RIGHTS OF AN *APOSTLE 9:1-27
PAUL IS A REAL *APOSTLE 9:1-2
V1 You know that I am free. You know that I am an *apostle. I have
seen...
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KNOW YE NOT... — The illustration which follows refers to these
Isthmian games (so called from their taking place in the isthmus where
Corinth stood) with which his readers would be familiar. These, l...
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CHAPTER 14
NOT ALL WHO RUN WIN
IN the preceding part of this chapter Paul has proved his right to
claim remuneration from those to whom he preached the Gospel, and he
has also given his reasons for d...
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Οὐκ οἴδατε …; _cf._ 1 Corinthians 9:13, etc. οἱ ἐν
σταδίῳ τρέχοντες, πάντες μὲν
τρέχουσιν, εἶς δὲ κ. τ. f1λ.: “Those that run in
the stadium, run _all_ (of them), but _one_ receives the prize”. As
muc...
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§ 30. PAUL'S ASCETICISM. The last words of § 29 indicate that the
writer feels his own salvation to be bound up in his mission to his
fellowmen. The self-denial practised for the latter of these objec...
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“UNDER BONDAGE TO ALL”
1 Corinthians 9:16
Paul's one aim was to _gain men._ He uses the words repeatedly. To
gain one more for his Lord, he would forego comfort, emolument, and
well-earned repose. He...
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The words, "my defence to them that examine me is this," reveal the
opposition to him in Corinth. The two words, "defence" and "examine,"
are purely legal, and are in the language of the courts of jus...
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Controlling Self To Receive The Prize
All the talk about sacrifice reminded Paul of the sacrifice and
self-control necessary to reach the heavenly goal. He used the
illustration of runners who sacrifi...
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(11) Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one
receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.
(11) He brings in another reason for this wrong, that is, that they
were given to glutt...
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_Know you not? Nothing is more famous in the annals of history than
the public games in Greece: it is to these the apostle is here
alluding. (Calmet) --- All run indeed, &c. He brings the examples of...
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II. THE QUESTION CONSIDERED FROM THE VIEWPOINT OF THE SALVATION OF THE
STRONG THEMSELVES. 9:23-10:22.
As Paul concluded the preceding development by giving his own example,
he introduces the following...
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“Know ye not that they which run in a race, run all, but one
receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.”
In the application, the _goal_ is no more identical with the _prize_,
than in the actual...
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(24) Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one
receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain. (25) And every man
that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they d...
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As usual, the introductory words (1 Corinthians 1:1-3) of the epistle
give us no little intimation of that which is to follow. The apostle
speaks of himself as such "called [to be] an apostle of Jesus...
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_THE HEAVENLY RACE_
‘So run, that ye may obtain.’
1 Corinthians 9:24
I speak to those who, really believing in Christ, are emancipated
from the fetter of sin and are living in the obedience of God’...
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24._Know ye not, that they who run in a race. _He has laid down the
doctrine, and now, with the view of impressing it upon the minds of
the Corinthians, he adds an exhortation. He states briefly, that...
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The apostle was exposed to the accusations of false teachers, who
asserted that he carried on his evangelisation and his labours from
interested motives, and that he took the property of Christians,
a...
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KNOW YE NOT THAT THEY WHICH RUN IN A RACE,.... The allusion in this
and the following verses is to the Grecian games, which consisted,
among other things, of running of races, and of wrestling, combat...
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Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth
the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.
Ver. 24. _Know ye not_] The apostle argueth from their profane
sports, yet approveth them n...
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_Know ye not that_ In those famous games, which are kept in the
isthmus, near your city; _they who run in a race_ Εν σταδιω,
in the stadium, (so the place was called where the athletes
contended,) _ru...
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RUN IN A RACE; the foot-race, with which the Corinthians were
familiar....
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The need of self-discipline:...
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KNOW YE NOT THAT THEY WHICH RUN IN A RACE RUN ALL, BUT ONE RECEIVETH
THE PRIZE? SO RUN THAT YE MAY OBTAIN....
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Because of the lowliness and grace on the part of the apostle, such as
chapter 8 shows in the consideration of his brethren, there were some
who would use this as an occasion to belittle him. He made...
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KNOW YE NOT THAT THEY THAT RUN IN. RACE RUN ALL, BUT ONE RECEIVETH THE
PRIZE? EVEN SO RUN; THAT YE MAY ATTAIN.
'run in. race' -'Why does he go to all this trouble? Why is he so
serious about his forf...
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24-27 The apostle compares himself to the racers and combatants in
the Isthmian games, well known by the Corinthians. But in the
Christian race all may run so as to obtain. There is the greatest
enco...
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The apostle presseth all his former discourse by minding them of the
difficulty of getting to heaven, and of the obligation that lay upon
them to be the first in the spiritual race. To this purpose he...
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Know ye not that they that run in a race run all, but one receiveth
the prize? [Philippians 3:12-14] _Even so run; that ye may attain_.
[In the Greek contests there was but one prize for each group of...
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Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV
But I so run, not as uncertainty; I fight, not as One beating the air;
but I make my body livid, and bring it into subjection, lest by any
means, when preaching to o...
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1 Corinthians 9:24 not G3756 know G1492 (G5758) that G3754 run G5143
(G5723) in G1722 race G4712 all...
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'Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but one
receives the prize? Even so run; that you may attain.'
Then he applies his thoughts to the Corinthians. Like he does, they
also should pu...
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1 Corinthians 9:24. KNOW YE NOT THAT THEY WHICH RUN IN A RACE _Gr.
stadion_ or ‘race-course' a space of little more than a hundred
yards; and so called because the most noted race-course of the Greeks...
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It was impossible for Christians in almost any Greek or Roman colony,
and least of all at Corinth, to avoid coming frequently in contact
with idolatrous practices in various and ensnaring forms. In wr...
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IN A RACE
(εν σταδιω). Old word from ιστημ, to place. A stated or
fixed distance, 606 3/4 feet, both masculine σταδιο (Matthew
14:24; Luke 24:13) and neuter as here. Most of the Greek cities had
ra...
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RACE
Race-course....
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1 Corinthians 9:24
The Race and the Prize.
I. The prize, in the contest that St. Paul speaks of, is a different
kind of prize from that which these Corinthians were seeking after in
their games. It w...
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The apostle Paul is here giving a description of the way in which he
made everything help toward the fulfillment of his desire to be a
faithful minister of Jesus Christ. He longed to be the means of
w...
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CONTENTS: Paul vindicates his apostleship. The method and reward of
true ministry and the support of the ministry.
CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Cephas, Barnabas, Moses.
CONCLUSION: It is no new thing for...
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1 Corinthians 9:1. _Am I not an apostle? Am I not free? Have I not
seen Jesus our Lord? Are not you my work in the Lord?_ Having
illustrated the legal customs of the jews respecting meats, he
introduc...
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SURELY YOU KNOW. Paul uses symbolism that they understand. In a race,
only the winner gets the prize. The Isthmian Games (see
_introduction)_ were held at Corinth. "If you run in the race, you run
to...
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_They which run in a race, run all, hut one receiveth the prize._
THE GREEK ATHLETIC FESTIVALS AND THEIR LESSONS
1. Of these the most famous was that held every fifth year at Olympia
in the west of P...
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1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 9:24 This extended athletic
metaphor would have been understood in Corinth. The city was the
location of the biennial Isthmian games, second in fame only to the
Oly...
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CHAPTER 9
SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER
i. He proceeds to show by his own example how offences are to be
avoided, and he says that he had refused to accept payment, or the
maintenance due to a preacher of...
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_Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth
the prize?_ For this I preach the Gospel without charge, for this I am
made all things to all men; for this I labour, that I may o...
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
1 Corinthians 9:24.—His own salvation is at stake as well as that of
his hearers. He must do all these things, not only as expedients which
for his hearers’ sakes may make him a succe...
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EXPOSITION
1 CORINTHIANS 9:1
The rights and the self denial of an apostle.
1 CORINTHIANS 9:1
An apostle's right to maintenance....
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Shall we turn in our Bibles to I Corinthians, chapter 9.
I could do a lot of things I don't do. The reason why I don't do them
is I do not want to be an offense unto a weaker brethren and destroy
his...
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1 Corinthians 9:26; 2 Timothy 4:7; 2 Timothy 4:8; Ecclesiastes 9:11;...
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In a race [ε ν σ τ α δ ι ω]. Or, better, in a race - course.
From isthmi to place or establish. Hence a stated distance; a standard
of length. In all other New - Testament passages it is used of a
mea...
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THOSE WHOM GOD CHOOSES
1 Corinthians 9:24
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
There are none of us who would not desire to be used of God in a large
way. This is not an unholy ambition. We should not seek great thi...
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THE SEVEN CROWNS
1 Corinthians 9:24
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
1. The possibility of winning a crown. There are two classes of
Christians: one is the carnal, the other is the spiritual. There are
some who...
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Know ye not that — In those famous games which are kept at the
isthmus, near your city. They who run in the foot race all run, though
but one receiveth the prize — How much greater encouragement have...
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Does Paul encourage or discourage running to obtain a spiritual goal?
PROBLEM: In this text, the apostle encourages the believer to “run
in such a way that you may obtain it.” However, in Romans, Pau...
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Our apostle, according to his custom in sundry epistles, does in the
end of this chapter fall upon the use of terms agonistical, borrowed
from the olympic and other Grecian games, celebrated near Cori...