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1 Corinthians 9:27 Interlinear

“But I keep under my body and bring it into subjection lest to others when I have preached I myself a castaway should be”

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1 Corinthians 9 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	ἀλλ'	G235	But	properly, other things, i.e., (adverbially) contrariwise (in many relations)
2	ὑπωπιάζω	G5299	I keep under	to hit under the eye (buffet or disable an antagonist as a pugilist), i.e., (figuratively) to tease or annoy (into compliance), subdue (one's passions
3	μου	G3450	my	of me
4	τὸ	G3588		the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)
5	σῶμα	G4983	body	the body (as a sound whole), used in a very wide application, literally or figuratively
6	καὶ	G2532	and	and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
7	δουλαγωγῶ	G1396	bring it into subjection	to be a slave-driver, i.e., to enslave (figuratively, subdue)
8	μήπως,	G3381	lest	lest somehow
9	ἄλλοις	G243	to others	"else," i.e., different (in many applications)
10	κηρύξας	G2784	when I have preached	to herald (as a public crier), especially divine truth (the gospel)
11	αὐτὸς	G846	I myself	the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
12	ἀδόκιμος	G96	a castaway	unapproved, i.e., rejected; by implication, worthless (literally or morally)
13	γένωμαι	G1096	should be	to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e., (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.)

1 Corinthians 9:27 (current)But I keep under my body and bring it into subjection lest to others when I have preached I myself a castaway should be