Berean Standard Bible
“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.”
Corinth hosted the Isthmian Games, one of the great athletic festivals of the Greek world, so Paul's readers knew well the training and discipline of runners. He uses the image to explain why he gives up personal rights for the sake of the gospel.
Open Study notes above for the full note.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
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.
World English Bible (WEB)
Every man who strives in the games exercises self-control in all things. Now they do it to receive a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible.
King James Version (KJV)
And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.
American Standard Version (ASV)
And every man that striveth in the games exerciseth self-control in all things. Now they [do it] to receive a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
And every man who takes part in the sports has self-control in all things. Now they do it to get a crown which is of this world, but we for an eternal crown.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
and every one who is striving, is in all things temperate; these, indeed, then, that a corruptible crown they may receive, but we an incorruptible;
Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)
Y todo aquel que lucha, de todo se abstiene: y ellos, á la verdad, para recibir una corona corruptible; mas nosotros, incorruptible.
Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)
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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)
Los deportistas se someten a una estricta disciplina. Ellos lo hacen para ganar un premio que se echa a perder, mientras que nosotros nos esforzamos por obtener un premio que jamás se desvanecerá.
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