1 Corinthians 9:27

but I buffet my body, and bring it into bondage: lest by any means, after that I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected.
American Standard Version

Treated in 6 passages across the library.

  1. The Mortification of Sin in Believers · John Owen

    The necessity of mortification: the duty of the best believers cites 1 Cor. ix. 27

    …ion proposed to confirmation — Mortification the duty of the best believers, Col. iii. 5; 1 Cor. ix. 27 — Indwelling sin always abides; no perfection in this life, Phil. iii. 12; 1 Cor. xiii. 1…

  2. The Mortification of Sin in Believers · John Owen

    Load thy conscience with the guilt of the perplexing distemper cites 1 Cor. ix. 27

    …to be insisted on, there is one expedient peculiarly suited; this is that of the apostle, 1 Cor. ix. 27, “I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection.” The bringing of the very body into…

  3. Baptism with the Holy Spirit · R. A. Torrey

    How Spiritual Power is Lost cites 1 Corinthians 9:27

    …her." (Galatians 5:17) Paul wrote, "I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection." (1 Corinthians 9:27, Ephesians 5:18.). We live in a day when the temptation to the satisfaction of the flesh …

  4. Watchman Nee · Watchman Nee

    The Normal Christian Life cites 1 Corinthians 9:27

    …aul answers by joining grace and training. “I buffet my body, and bring it into bondage” (1 Corinthians 9:27, ASV). “Exercise thyself unto godliness” (1 Timothy 4:7, ASV). Discipline becomes legalis…

  5. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    2.7 The Seventh Commandment cites 1 Cor 9: 27

    …ouds the mind, chokes good affections, and provokes lust. Paul did ‘keep under his body.’ 1 Cor 9: 27. The flesh pampered is apt to rebel. Corpus impinguatum recalcitrat. (11) Take heed of id…

  6. The Pilgrim's Progress · John Bunyan

    The Sixth Stage cites 1 Cor. 9:24-27

    … The crown is before you, and it is an incorruptible one; “so run that ye may obtain it.” 1 Cor. 9:24-27. Some there be that set out for this crown, and after they have gone far for it, another …

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