1 Corinthians 9:25

Everyone who competes in the games trains with strict discipline. They do it for a crown that is perishable, but we do it for a crown that is imperishable.

BSB · Berean Standard Bible

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.

KJV · King James Version

Every man who strives in the games exercises self-control in all things. Now they do it to receive a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible.

WEB · World English Bible

And every man that striveth in the games exerciseth self-control in all things. Now they do it to receive a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.

ASV · American Standard Version

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Related passages

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.

striveth: Ephesians 6:12–18; 1 Timothy 6:12; 2 Timothy 2:5; 2 Timothy 4:7; Hebrews 12:4
temperate: Galatians 5:23; Titus 1:8; Titus 2:2; 2 Peter 1:6
but: 1 Corinthians 15:54; 2 Timothy 4:8; Hebrews 12:28; James 1:12; 1 Peter 1:4; 1 Peter 5:4; Revelation 2:10; Revelation 3:11; Revelation 4:4, 10