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Andδὲeveryoneπᾶςwhoὁcompetesἀγωνιζόμενοςexercises self-controlἐγκρατεύεταιin all things;πάνταtheyἐκεῖνοι μὲνthenοὖνdo ittoἵναreceiveλάβωσινa perishableφθαρτὸνcrown,στέφανονbutδὲweἡμεῖςan imperishable one.ἄφθαρτον
1 Corinthians 9:25
Study it in the app“And everyone who competes exercises self-control in all things; they then do it to receive a perishable crown, but we an imperishable one.”
With the Greek beneath
1 Corinthians 9:25, word by word
- competesἀγωνιζόμενοςagōnizomenos
fight, strive
Strive, struggle, fight.
Where else “agōnizomenos” appears- exercises self-controlἐγκρατεύεταιenkrateuetai
exercise self-control
Exercise self-control, hold oneself in.
Where else “enkrateuetai” appears- receiveλάβωσινlabōsin
receive
To be given something, like the Spirit.
Where else “labōsin” appears- a perishableφθαρτὸνphtharton
perishable
Perishable, corruptible: what decays and dies.
Where else “phtharton” appears- crownστέφανονstephanon
crown
Crown, wreath.
Where else “stephanon” appears- an imperishable oneἄφθαρτονaphtharton
imperishable
Imperishable, incorruptible.
Where else “aphtharton” appears
The context
24Do you not know that those who run in a stadium all run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may obtain it.
25 · This verse (above)
26So I run in this way: not as one who runs aimlessly; I box in this way: not as one beating the air.