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NASB | 1 Corinthians 9:25 Everyone who competes in the games exercises self-control in all things. They then do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Corinthians 9:25 Now every athlete who [goes into training and] competes in the games is disciplined and exercises self-control in all things. They do it to win a crown that withers, but we [do it to receive] an imperishable [crown that cannot wither]. |
Subject: self control / spirit control |
Bible Note: Greetings, Bub; I won't press you on the logistics of getting lambs and rams and such to Calvary - a place indeed chosen by God to replace the old covenant and its law. Surely God would have preserved the Temple if He had meant for the Mosaic law - which absolutlely demands the sacrifice of animals - to continue. A merciful God would not continue to require adherence to it and yet allow the means of atonement to be destroyed. Every person under the Law dies carrying the full weight of his sins because they cannot be atoned for. The Jews of the day recognized their dilemma; their response was to throw out that part of the law and substitute prayer. But that's not Torah. There is no answer in Torah except to live a sinless life in perfect obedience to it. Only one man ever has or ever will. Peace and grace, Steve aka Indiana Jones |