1 Corinthians 9:25
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for 1 Corinthians 9:25 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
1 Corinthians 9:25 is a verse from the book of 1 Corinthians in the New Testament. The KJV reads: "And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; bu..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
1 Corinthians 9:25 — KJV
“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.”
— 1 Corinthians 9:25 (KJV)
1 Corinthians 9:25 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 9:25
“Now when every maid's turn was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that she had been twelve months, according to the manner of the women, (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, to wit, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odours, and with other things for the purifying of the women;)”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 9:25: every, things, now
“And the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me, and said unto me, Speak; Thus saith the LORD; Thus have ye said, O house of Israel: for I know the things that come into your mind, every one of them.”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 9:25: every, things, now
“Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. guilty...: or, subject to the judgment of God”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 9:25: every, things, now
“I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 9:25: every, things, now
“Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 9:25: things, now, corruptible
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