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but I beat my body and bring it into submission, for fear that by any means, that after I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected.
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A Violent Discipline
Commentators explain that Paul's language—"buffet" or "beat black and blue" and "bring into bondage" or "make a slave"—is a powerful metaphor. It is not a call for literal self-harm, but for a forceful, intentional, and constant effort to master sinful desires and bodily appetites, ensuring they serve the soul rather than rule it.
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1 Corinthians
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18th Century
Presbyterian
But I keep under my body. upwpiazw. This word occurs in the New Testament only here and in Luke 18:5, Lest by her continual c…
But I buffet my body (αλλα υπωπιαζω μου το σωμα). In Aristophanes, Aristotle, Plutarch, from υπωπιον, and that from υπο and οπς (i…
19th Century
Anglican
But I keep under my body. — Or better, but I bruise my body. The word is very strong, implying to beat the flesh…
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Baptist
But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection:
The Greek word, according to some, implies getting his body into the same p…
By way of practical application, Paul now gives a strong exhortation for Christian self-denial, using himself as an example and employing athletic …
16th Century
Protestant
But I keep under my body. Budaeus reads Observo (I keep a watch over); but in my opinion, the Apostle has employed the w…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
But I keep under my body The allusion is still to fighters, who, by cuffing and boxing, give their antagonists black…
The apostle compares himself to the racers and combatants in the Isthmian games, which were well known to the Corinthians. But in the Christian rac…
