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1 Corinthians 9:27

New American Standard Bible

27 but I strictly discipline my body and make it my slave, so that, after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.

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American Standard Version

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.

Christian Standard Bible

Instead, I discipline my body and bring it under strict control, so that after preaching to others, I myself will not be disqualified.

English Standard Version

But I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified.

King James Version

But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.

New International Version

No, I strike a blow to my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize.

New King James Version

But I discipline my body and bring it into subjection, lest, when I have preached to others, I myself should become disqualified.

New Living Translation

I discipline my body like an athlete, training it to do what it should. Otherwise, I fear that after preaching to others I myself might be disqualified.

World English Bible

but I beat my body and bring it into submission, lest by any means, after I have preached to others, I myself should be disqualified.