1 Corinthians 9:27

Where it is preached

1. The Mortification of Sin in Believers · John Owen

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

   …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.…

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. Practical Religion · J. C. Ryle

   Self-Inquiry cites 1 Cor. ix. 27

   …Apostle, who said "I fight,—I labour,—I keep under my body and bring it into subjection" (1 Cor. ix. 27), would have been amazed to hear of sanctification without personal exertion, and to be…

4. Portraits of Courage – Praying Hyde · Ochorus Originals

   The Sin That Had Not Been Taken Away cites 1 Corinthians 9:27

   …lest by any means, after that I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected” (1 Corinthians 9:27, ASV). Hyde had not read these verses for the first time that evening, but for the first…

5. Portraits of Courage – Watchman Nee · Ochorus Originals

   The Normal Christian Life cites 1 Corinthians 9:27

   …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…

6. Practical Religion · J. C. Ryle

   Zeal cites 1 Cor. ix. 27

   …behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark." (1 Cor. ix. 27; Phil. iii. 13, 14.) Take, for another instance, zeal for the salvation of souls. Such…

7. The Key Teachings of Elisabeth Elliot · Ochorus Originals

   Discipline: The Glad Surrender cites 1 CORINTHIANS 9:27

   …lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway. 1 CORINTHIANS 9:27 From the body she moved to the mind. She believed that what we allow into our minds…

8. The Key Teachings of John Owen · Ochorus Originals

   Load the Conscience cites 1 CORINTHIANS 9:27

   …lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway. 1 CORINTHIANS 9:27 Watch the occasions of your sin. Consider what company, what places, what studies, what…

9. The Key Teachings of George Whitefield · Ochorus Originals

   The Danger of an Unconverted Ministry cites 1 CORINTHIANS 9:27

   …Lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway. 1 CORINTHIANS 9:27 To everyone else, the lesson is caution. It is easy to judge a preacher, and very hard to…

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

    How Spiritual Power is Lost cites 1 Corinthians 9:27

    …(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…

11. The Key Teachings of Richard Baxter · Ochorus Originals

    The Reformed Pastor cites 1 CORINTHIANS 9:27

    …lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway. 1 CORINTHIANS 9:27 That verse is Paul’s, about Paul. If the apostle considered the danger worth naming, no…

12. The Key Teachings of Watchman Nee · Ochorus Originals

    The Overcomers and the Reward cites 1 CORINTHIANS 9:27

    …lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway. 1 CORINTHIANS 9:27 There is something fitting in ending here, because this doctrine was not theoretical for…

13. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    2.7 The Seventh Commandment cites 1 Cor 9: 27

    …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…

14. Holiness · J. C. Ryle

    Holiness cites 1 Cor. ix. 27

    …lest that by any means when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.” (1 Cor. ix. 27.) (f) A holy man will follow after charity and brotherly kindness. He will endeavour to…

15. Holiness · J. C. Ryle

    The Fight cites 1 Cor. ix. 27

    …affections and lusts.”—“Mortify your members which are upon the earth.” (Mark xiv. 38; 1 Cor. ix. 27; Rom. vii. 23, 24; Gal. v. 24; Coloss. iii. 5.) He must fight the world. The subtle…

16. Old Paths · J. C. Ryle

    Perseverance cites 1 Cor. ix. 27

    …is nothing to show that he is one justified by faith and accounted righteous before God. 1 Cor. ix. 27. I see nothing in this but the godly fear of falling into sin, which is one of the marks…

17. 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…

18. Portraits of Courage – C. T. Studd · Ochorus Originals

    Appendix B: Chapter-by-Chapter Study and Reflection Guide cites 1 Corinthians 9:24-27

    …discipline he did not yet give to God, in a game divided by class. Scriptures to revisit 1 Corinthians 9:24-27; James 2:1-5. Reflection 1. What receives your best effort? 2. Where do you expect…