25And 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.
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And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully.
Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.
Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.
I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: …
Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 24-27)In these verses the apostle hints at the great encouragement he had to act in this manner. He had a glorious prize, an incorruptible crown, in view. Upon this head he compares himself to the racers and combatants in the Isthmian games, an allusion well known to the Corinthians, because they were celebrated in their neighbourhood: “ Know you not that those who run in a race run all, but one obtaine…
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