“Don’t you know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run like that, so that you may win.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. 1 Corinthians 9 contains 27 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.