 Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize ? So run, that ye may obtain. 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.  A Practical Treatise Upon Christian Perfection - Page 521by William Law - 1726 - 538 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Richard Baxter - 1830 - 554 pages
...workers of iniquity ;" ver. 27. It is a race that you are to run, and heaven is the prize. " And you know that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize ; and therefore you must so run, as that you may win and obtain ;" 1 Cor. ix.24, 25. And what is more... | |
 | Richard Baxter - Theology - 1830 - 612 pages
...and not be able." (Luke xiii. 24.) Seeking comes short of striving, in the degree. And Paul saith, " They which run in a race, run all, but one receiveth the price : so run that ye may obtain." (1 Cor. ix. 24.) So ver. 26/27, and Heb. xii. 1. And Christ commandeth,... | |
 | Benjamin Scott - 1831 - 460 pages
...proceed now, in the second place, to consider the import of the Apostles exhortation in our text, — " Know ye not that they " which run in a race run all,...receiveth " the prize? So run, that ye may obtain." . When we behold the number of persons, who bear the christian name, and profess to be desirous of... | |
 | Thomas Dale - Sermons, English - 1831 - 400 pages
...which the combatants were exposed. " Know ye not," says the Apostle, in reference to the former, " that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain : " while, alluding more especially to the latter, he adds, " he that striveth for the mastery is temperate... | |
 | Edward Maltby (bp. of Durham.) - 1831 - 422 pages
...but all may win the prize — a prize the more valuable, as the contest is more truly honourable. " Know ye not that they, which run in a race, run all, but one receiveth the prize ?" Are ye not aware that, in those celebrated contests, which awaken your sympathy, if they do not... | |
 | Galena Conatser - Religion - 2004 - 170 pages
...knowing when and how to use the Word of God, you will have nothing to be ashamed of. TAMING YOUR FLESH Know ye not that they which run in a race run all,...receiveth the prize ? So run, that ye may obtain. And every man that strivethfor the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible... | |
 | Donald R. Downing - Religion - 2004 - 222 pages
...life knowing that at the end we will receive a prize, an incorruptible crown. (/ Corinthians 9:24-27 - Know ye not that they which run in a race run all,...one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain, and every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a... | |
 | John Barnett - Religion - 2004 - 740 pages
...received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God. (KJV) > 1 Corinthians 9:24-26 Know ye not that they which run in a race run all,...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 do it to obtain... | |
 | Lorraine Curry - Education - 2004 - 268 pages
...37:11, 45:4,147:6; Is. 29:19; Zeph. 2:3; Eph. 4:1-3; Phil. 2:3; 2 Tim. 2:25; Heb. 11:26. Temperance Know ye not that they which run in a race run all,...one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain. And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a... | |
 | Paris Davis - Religion - 2004 - 129 pages
...Corinthians 9:23 - 27. "And this I do for the gospel 's sake, that I might be partaker thereof with you. Know ye not that they which run in a race run all,...one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain. And every man that strivethfor the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible... | |
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