1 Corinthians 9:27

Which verses does 1 Corinthians 9:27 point to?

The 20 strongest of 21, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

1. Romans 8:1348 votes

   For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

2. 1 Corinthians 9:2547 votes

   Everyone who competes in the games trains with strict discipline. They do it for a crown that is perishable, but we do it for a crown that is imperishable.

3. Colossians 3:544 votes

   Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry.

4. 2 Corinthians 13:5–638 votes

   Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Do you not realize that Jesus Christ is in you—unless you fail the test? And I hope you will realize that we have not failed the test.

5. 1 Peter 2:1133 votes

   Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.

6. 1 Corinthians 6:12–1325 votes

   “Everything is permissible for me,” but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible for me,” but I will not be mastered by anything. “Food for the stomach and the stomach for food,” but God will destroy them both. The body is not intended for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.

7. 2 Corinthians 6:4–523 votes

   Rather, as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: in great endurance; in troubles, hardships, and calamities; in beatings, imprisonments, and riots; in labor, sleepless nights, and hunger;

8. 1 Corinthians 8:1322 votes

   Therefore, if what I eat causes my brother to stumble, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause him to stumble.

9. Romans 6:18–1920 votes

   You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness. I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. Just as you used to offer the parts of your body in slavery to impurity and to escalating wickedness, so now offer them in slavery to righteousness leading to holiness.

10. Luke 9:2519 votes

    What does it profit a man to gain the whole world, yet lose or forfeit his very self?

11. 2 Corinthians 11:2719 votes
12. 2 Timothy 2:2219 votes
13. Matthew 7:21–2318 votes
14. 2 Peter 2:1515 votes
15. Luke 13:26–2714 votes
16. Psalm 50:1612 votes
17. 1 Corinthians 4:11–1212 votes

    To this very hour we are hungry and thirsty, we are poorly clothed, we are brutally treated, we are homeless. We work hard with our own hands. When we are vilified, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it;

18. Luke 12:45–4711 votes
19. 1 Corinthians 13:1–310 votes
20. Jeremiah 6:309 votes

Which verses point to 1 Corinthians 9:27?

The 10 strongest of 39.

• Hebrews 12:1 153
• 2 Timothy 4:7 60
• 2 Corinthians 13:5 58
• Ephesians 6:12 58
• Philippians 3:13 48
• 1 Corinthians 16:13 37
• Romans 8:13 28
• 1 Corinthians 6:12 22
• 2 Timothy 2:5 21
• Matthew 5:29 13