Berean Standard Bible
“Therefore I do not run aimlessly; I do not fight like I am beating the air.”
Paul continues using athletic imagery familiar in Corinth, home of the Isthmian Games. He compares the Christian life to a race and to boxing.
Open Study notes above for the full note.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
Therefore I do not run aimlessly; I do not fight like I am beating the air.
World English Bible (WEB)
I therefore run like that, not aimlessly. I fight like that, not beating the air,
King James Version (KJV)
I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air:
American Standard Version (ASV)
I therefore so run, as not uncertainly; so fight I, as not beating the air:
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
So then I am running, not uncertainly; so I am fighting, not as one who gives blows in the air:
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
I, therefore, thus run, not as uncertainly, thus I fight, as not beating air;
Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)
Así que, yo de esta manera corro, no como á cosa incierta; de esta manera peleo, no como quien hiere el aire:
Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)
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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)
Por lo tanto, yo corro teniendo una meta bien clara; yo peleo para ganar, no como quien da golpes al viento.
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