1st Corinthians 9:27
but I chastise my body, and bring it into servage or servitude; lest peradventure when I preach to others, I myself be made reprovable.This verse in the real world
In what words
- δουλαγωγέωdoulagōgéōto be a slave-driver, i.e. to enslave (figuratively, subdue)
- ὑπωπιάζωhypōpiázōto hit under the eye (buffet or disable an antagonist as a pugilist), i.e. (figuratively)
- ἀδόκιμοςadókimosunapproved, i.e. rejected; by implication, worthless (literally or morally)
- μήπωςmḗpōslest somehow
- -πώς-pṓsan enclitic particle of indefiniteness of manner; somehow or anyhow; used only in composit
- κηρύσσωkērýssōto herald (as a public crier), especially divine truth (the gospel)
- σῶμαsōmathe body (as a sound whole), used in a very wide application, literally or figuratively
- ἄλλοςállos"else," i.e. different (in many applications)
+5 more words in this verse
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Rom 8:13, 1Co 9:25, Col 3:5, 2Co 13:5–6, 1Pe 2:11, 1Co 6:12–13, 2Co 6:4–5, 1Co 8:13