1 Corinthians 9:24 Cross References - Mace

²⁴ You know, that in a race, tho' all run, but one receives the prize: so run, that you may obtain.

²⁶ I therefore so run, not as one that is distanc'd: I fight, but not with the air.

² and I went up according to revelation, and communicated to them that gospel, which I preach among the Gentiles; but privately to those who were of note, lest the pains, that I have already taken, or may hereafter take in the gospel, should be in vain.

⁷ You set out well in your course: who hath obstructed your progress in the truth?

¹⁶ you, who display the doctrine of eternal life) that in the day of Christ I may have the satisfaction of not having pursued my laborious course in vain.

¹⁴ I press towards the mark for the prize to which God has called me from above by Jesus Christ.

¹⁸ Let no man condemn you, from an affectation of humility, in worshipping of Angels, boldly prying into matters which he knows nothing of, being vainly puft up with his Jewish conceits:

⁷ I have struggled in a glorious cause: I have finish'd my career: I have stood to the faith: ⁸ I have nothing more to do, but to receive the crown of virtue reserv'd for me, which the Lord, the just judge, will give me in that day: and not only to me, but to those also, who have long'd for his appearance.

¹ Wherefore, since we are surrounded with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every incumbrance, and the sin which does so easily embarrass us, and let us pursue with constancy the course that is proposed to us:

¹² happy is he that can stand the tryal: for when he has undergone the test, he shall receive that crown of life which the Lord has promised to those that love him.

¹¹ behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which you have, let no man take your crown.