1 Corinthians 9:26-27

Paul Surrenders His Rights

²⁶ So I do not run aimlessly; I _w do not box as one _x beating the air. ²⁷ But I discipline my body and _y keep it under control, ₁ lest after preaching to others _z I myself should be _a disqualified.

1. Cross References
   Hebrews 12:4
   In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.
   
2. Cross References
   1 Corinthians 14:9
   So with yourselves, if with your tongue you utter speech that is not intelligible, how will anyone know what is said? For you will be speaking into the air.
   
3. Cross References
   Romans 6:19
   I am speaking in human terms, because of your natural limitations. For just as you once presented your members as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness leading to sanctification.
   
4. Cross References
   Song of Solomon 1:6
   Do not gaze at me because I am dark, because the sun has looked upon me. My mother's sons were angry with me; they made me keeper of the vineyards, but my own vineyard I have not kept!
   
5. Cross References
   Jeremiah 6:30
   Rejected silver they are called, for the Lord has rejected them.
   Romans 1:28
   And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done.
   Hebrews 6:8
   But if it bears thorns and thistles, it is worthless and near to being cursed, and its end is to be burned.