What does 1 Corinthians 9:27 mean?

1 Corinthians 9:27 highlights themes such as faith and obedience when read in context.

How should I apply 1 Corinthians 9:27 today?

Read the surrounding passage, compare related cross references, and turn the verse into a short prayer and concrete action.

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.

25And 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.

26I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air:

27But 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.

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