1 Corinthians 9:27
King James Version
9 Jun 2026
“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 castaway. ”
κηρύσσω
To proclaim, to preach, to herald. Kerusso. Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel. The Gospel is news to be announced not advice to be offered. Announce it boldly.
γίνομαι
I may be.
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γίνομαι
To become, to come into being, to happen. Ginomai. Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. What is true in heaven is meant to become true on earth through prayer.
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ὑπωπιάζω
I batter
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ὑπωπιάζω
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)
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-πώς
perhaps
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-πώς
an enclitic particle of indefiniteness of manner; somehow or anyhow; used only in composition
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σῶμα
body
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σῶμα
the body (as a sound whole), used in a very wide application, literally or figuratively
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δουλαγωγέω
bring it into servitude,
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δουλαγωγέω
to be a slave-driver, i.e. to enslave (figuratively, subdue)
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