 | George Washington Bethune - 1839 - 228 pages
...which would unduly stimulate, or practices which would enervate the system. " Every man," says he, " that striveth for the mastery, is temperate in all...beateth the air. 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."... | |
 | Richard Graves - 1840 - 468 pages
...indefatigable in his apostolic labours and exertions, he thus addresses his Corinthian converts : " know ye not, that they which run in a race run all, but...obtain a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible."* This is a description of Christians in general; all of whom begin the race, though many, it is to be... | |
 | Thomas William B. Aveling - 1840 - 296 pages
...beset us." How impressively does the appeal of the apostle Paul on this point meet us again, " know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but...obtain a corruptible crown ; but we an incorruptible." A race is wearisome and requires perseverance. In ancient Greece the exercise of racing at first consisted... | |
 | George Ayliffe Poole - 1840 - 464 pages
...Paul describes, in which we ought to run so as to obtain the crown of glory : Know ye not, says he, that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth...obtain a corruptible crown ; but we an incorruptible. Again, describing his own contest, and in immediate anticipation of being offered up, he says, For... | |
 | John Goulter Dowling - 1841 - 546 pages
...lips, while our heart is far from him ! SERMON XXIV. THE CHRISTIAN CONTEST. 1 COR. ix. 24—27. " Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but...beateth the air: 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."... | |
 | Henry Edmund Fryer - 1841 - 360 pages
...accustomed, in ancient days, to strive for the mastery. Therefore does St. Paul farther argue thus : " They do it to obtain a corruptible crown ; but we...beateth the air : 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."... | |
 | King's Chapel (Boston, Mass.) - 1841 - 444 pages
...run, that ye may obtain. And every man who striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things ; and they do it to obtain a corruptible crown, but we an...beateth the air ; 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 cast-away.... | |
 | Matthew Hale Smith - 1842 - 410 pages
...because they believe not in the name of the only-begotten Son of God." (John iii. 16 — 18.) 7. " Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but...beateth the air. 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."... | |
 | 1862 - 908 pages
...them, they submitted to hardships and privations, and put forth their utmost strength and skill. " Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but...obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible" (1 Cor. ix. 24, 25). And St. Peter promises to those elders who faithfully feed the flock of God, "... | |
 | 1842 - 514 pages
...of our text, is made in other parts of the apostle's writings to describe the Christian life. " Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but...obtain a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible." And, that he might enforce by the weight of personal character what he taught, he thus refers to his... | |
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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. 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.. 
