1 Corinthians 9:24
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Know you not that they that run in the race, all run indeed, but one receiveth the prize. So run that you may obtain.

they.

Hosea 12:10 And I have spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and I have used similitudes by the ministry of the prophets.

run in.

Psalm 19:5 He hath set his tabernacle in the sun: and he as a bridegroom coming out of his bridechamber, Hath rejoiced as a giant to run the way:

Ecclesiastes 9:11 I turned me to another thing, and I saw that under the sun, the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to the learned, nor favour to the skilful: but time and chance in all.

Jeremiah 12:5 If thou hast been wearied with running with footmen, how canst thou contend with horses? and if thou hast been secure in a land of peace, what wilt thou do in the swelling of the Jordan?

so run.

1 Corinthians 9:26 I therefore so run, not as at an uncertainty: I so fight, not as one beating the air.

Galatians 2:2 And I went up according to revelation and communicated to them the gospel which I preach among the Gentiles: but apart to them who seemed to be some thing: lest perhaps I should run or had run in vain.

Galatians 5:7 You did run well. What hath hindered you, that you should not obey the truth?

Philippians 2:16 Holding forth the word of life to my glory in the day of Christ: because I have not run in vain, nor laboured in vain.

Philippians 3:14 I press towards the mark, to the prize of the supernal vocation of God in Christ Jesus.

2 Timothy 4:7,8 I have fought a good fight: I have finished my course: I have kept the faith. . . .

Hebrews 12:1 And therefore we also having so great a cloud of witnesses over our head, laying aside every weight and sin which surrounds us, let us run by patience to the fight proposed to us:

James 1:12 Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for, when he hath been proved, he shall receive the crown of life which God hath promised to them that love him.

Revelation 3:11 Behold, I come quickly: hold fast that which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.

Context
Run Your Race to Win
23And I do all things for the gospel's sake, that I may be made partaker thereof. 24Know you not that they that run in the race, all run indeed, but one receiveth the prize. So run that you may obtain. 25And every one that striveth for the mastery refraineth himself from all things. And they indeed that they may receive a corruptible crown: but we an incorruptible one.…
Cross References
Romans 6:16
Know you not that to whom you yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants you are whom you obey, whether it be of sin unto death or of obedience unto justice.

1 Corinthians 9:13
Know you not that they who work in the holy place eat the things that are of the holy place; and they that serve the altar partake with the altar?

1 Corinthians 9:23
And I do all things for the gospel's sake, that I may be made partaker thereof.

Galatians 2:2
And I went up according to revelation and communicated to them the gospel which I preach among the Gentiles: but apart to them who seemed to be some thing: lest perhaps I should run or had run in vain.

Philippians 3:12
Not as though I had already attained, or were already perfect: but I follow after, if I may by any means apprehend, wherein I am also apprehended by Christ Jesus.

Philippians 3:14
I press towards the mark, to the prize of the supernal vocation of God in Christ Jesus.

Colossians 2:18
Let no man seduce you, willing in humility and religion of angels, walking in the things which he hath not seen, in vain puffed up by the sense of his flesh:

2 Timothy 4:7
I have fought a good fight: I have finished my course: I have kept the faith.

Hebrews 12:1
And therefore we also having so great a cloud of witnesses over our head, laying aside every weight and sin which surrounds us, let us run by patience to the fight proposed to us:

Lexicon
Do you not know
οἴδατε (oidate)
Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 1492: To know, remember, appreciate.

that
ὅτι (hoti)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 3754: Neuter of hostis as conjunction; demonstrative, that; causative, because.

in
ἐν (en)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.

a race
σταδίῳ (stadiō)
Noun - Dative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 4712: Or masculine stadios from the base of histemi; a stade or certain measure of distance; by implication, a stadium or race-course.

all
πάντες (pantes)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 3956: All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.

the
οἱ (hoi)
Article - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

runners
τρέχοντες (trechontes)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 5143: Apparently a primary verb; which uses dremo drem'-o as alternate in certain tenses; to run or walk hastily.

run,
τρέχουσιν (trechousin)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 5143: Apparently a primary verb; which uses dremo drem'-o as alternate in certain tenses; to run or walk hastily.

but
δὲ (de)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc.

only one
εἷς (heis)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 1520: One. (including the neuter Hen); a primary numeral; one.

receives
λαμβάνει (lambanei)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 2983: (a) I receive, get, (b) I take, lay hold of.

the
τὸ (to)
Article - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

prize?
βραβεῖον (brabeion)
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 1017: A prize. From brabeus; an award, i.e. a prize in the public games.

Run
τρέχετε (trechete)
Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 5143: Apparently a primary verb; which uses dremo drem'-o as alternate in certain tenses; to run or walk hastily.

in such a way
οὕτως (houtōs)
Adverb
Strong's Greek 3779: Thus, so, in this manner. Or (referring to what precedes or follows).

as to
ἵνα (hina)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2443: In order that, so that. Probably from the same as the former part of heautou; in order that.

take [the prize].
καταλάβητε (katalabēte)
Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 2nd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 2638: From kata and lambano; to take eagerly, i.e. Seize, possess, etc.


Additional Translations
Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way as to take the prize.

Do you not know that those running in a race course, indeed all run, but one receives the prize? Run thus, that you might obtain it.

Know you not that they which run in a race run all, but one receives the prize? So run, that you may obtain.

Know ye not that they that run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? Even so run; that ye may attain.

Know ye not that they who run in [the] race-course run all, but one receives the prize? Thus run in order that ye may obtain.

Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? Even so run, that ye may attain.

Know ye not, that they who run in a race, all run, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.

Do you not know that in the foot-race the runners all run, but that only one gets the prize? You must run like him, in order to win with certainty.

Don't you know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run like that, that you may win.

have ye not known that those running in a race -- all indeed run, but one doth receive the prize? so run ye, that ye may obtain;
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