1 Corinthians 9:24
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for 1 Corinthians 9:24 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
1 Corinthians 9:24 is a verse from the book of 1 Corinthians in the New Testament. The KJV reads: "Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
1 Corinthians 9:24 — KJV
“Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.”
— 1 Corinthians 9:24 (KJV)
1 Corinthians 9:24 in Context — About the Book of 1 Corinthians
1 Corinthians is pastoral surgery on a gifted, divided, messy church — addressing factions, immorality, lawsuits, worship chaos, and doubts about resurrection. It contains the love chapter read at countless weddings and the Bible's fullest teaching on spiritual gifts and the resurrection body.
Cross-References for 1 Corinthians 9:24
“Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.”
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“Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.”
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“And he said, To morrow. And he said, Be it according to thy word: that thou mayest know that there is none like unto the LORD our God. To morrow: or, Against to morrow”
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“For I will at this time send all my plagues upon thine heart, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people; that thou mayest know that there is none like me in all the earth.”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 9:24: know, one, may
“And Moses said unto him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will spread abroad my hands unto the LORD; and the thunder shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail; that thou mayest know how that the earth is the LORD'S.”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 9:24: know, one, may
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