 I therefore so run, not as uncertainly ; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air ; 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 cast-away.  The Christian Observer - Page 2211815Full view - About this book
 | John Wesley - Methodism - 1829 - 520 pages
...insecure, and even his salvation in danger, without this constant self-denial ? " So run I," says he, " not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air:" By which he plainly teaches us, that he who does not thus run, who does not thus deny himself daily,... | |
 | Richard Baxter - Theology - 1830 - 624 pages
...the flesh, so of the flesh shall you receive the wages of corruption. Doth such an one as Paul say, " I therefore so run, not as uncertainly : so fight I, not as one that beateth the air : but I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection, lest that by any means, when I have preached to... | |
 | Richard Baxter - Theology - 1830 - 590 pages
...is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible. I therefore so run, not as uncertainly : so fight I, not as one that beateth the air : but I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection ; lest that by any means when I have preached to... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - Congregational churches - 1830 - 630 pages
...enemies, that seek his life, who exerts himself to his utmost, as for his life. 1 Corinthians ix. 26. " I therefore so run, not as uncertainly ; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air." When fleshly appetites stood in the way, however importunate they were, he utterly denied them and... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - Congregational churches - 1830 - 618 pages
...enemies, that seek his life, who exerts himself to his utmost, as for his life. 1 Corinthians ix. 26. " I therefore so run, not as uncertainly ; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air." When fleshly appetites stood in the way, however importunate they were, he utterly denied them and... | |
 | Henry Moore - 1830 - 468 pages
...might ; to be rooted and grounded in love, and filled with the fulness of God. I therefore," says he, " so run, not as uncertainly ; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air ; but I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection ; lest that by any means, when I have preached to... | |
 | Episcopal Church - 1830 - 482 pages
...is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible: I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I. not as one (hat beattvh the air: But I keep under ray body, and bring it inlo subjectioi., lest that by any means,... | |
 | Bourne Hall Draper - Bible - 1831 - 296 pages
...is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible. I therefore so run, not as uncertainly ; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air ; but I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection, lest that by any means, when I have preached the... | |
 | Benjamin Scott - 1831 - 460 pages
...temperate in all things. Now " they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; " but we an incorruptible. I therefore so run, "not as uncertainly ; so fight I, not as one "that beateth the air: but I keep under my "body, and bring it into subjection ; lest that " by any means, after I have preached... | |
 | Thomas Dale - Sermons, English - 1831 - 400 pages
...grace of God in vain." SERMON II. THE CHRISTIAN RACE AND THE CHRISTIAN FIGHT. 1 COR. IX, 26, 27. " I therefore so run, not as uncertainly ; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air : " But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection ; lest that by any means, when I have preached to... | |
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