1 Corinthians 9:27 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

but I chastise my body, and bring [it] into servitude, lest by any means, having preached to others -- I myself may become disapproved.

English ASV

but I buffet my body, and bring it into bondage: lest by any means, after that I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected.

English Amplified

But [like a boxer] I buffet my body [handle it roughly, discipline it by hardships] and subdue it, for fear that after proclaiming to others the Gospel and things pertaining to it, I myself should become unfit [not stand the test, be unapproved and rejected as a counterfeit].

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

But [like a boxer] I buffet my body [handle it roughly, discipline it by hardships] and subdue it, for fear that after proclaiming to others the Gospel and things pertaining to it, I myself should become unfit [not stand the test, be unapproved and rejected as a counterfeit].

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

No, I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

Instead, I discipline my body and bring it under strict control, so that after preaching to others, I myself will not be disqualified.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

But I buffet my body, and lead it captive, lest [after] having preached to others I should be myself rejected.

English EASY 2024

I make my body do what I want it to do. I make it like my slave. I have told God's message to other people. Now I do not want to lose the prize myself. So I try very hard to obey the rules of the race.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

It is my own body I fight to make it do what I want. I do this so that I won't miss getting the prize myself after telling others about it.

But I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

I harden my body with blows and bring it under complete control, to keep myself from being disqualified after having called others to the contest.

English God's Word - GW 1995

Rather, I toughen my body with punches and make it my slave so that I will not be disqualified after I have spread the Good News to others.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

Instead, I discipline my body and bring it under strict control, so that after preaching to others, I myself will not be disqualified.

English KJV 1611

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.

English LSB

but I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that, after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

But I bring and keep my body under subjection, lest when preaching to others I myself should be disqualified.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

but I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that, after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

No, I drive my body and train it, for fear that, after having preached to others, I myself should be disqualified.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

Instead I subdue my body and make it my slave, so that after preaching to others I myself will not be disqualified.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

No, I train my body and bring it under control. Then after I have preached to others, I myself will not break the rules and fail to win the prize.

English NIV

No, I beat my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize.

English NKJ 1982

But I discipline my body and bring it into subjection, lest, when I have preached to others, I myself should become disqualified.

English NLT

I discipline my body like an athlete, training it to do what it should. Otherwise, I fear that after preaching to others I myself might be disqualified.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

but I punish my body and enslave it, so that after proclaiming to others I myself should not be disqualified.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

but I train like a champion athlete. I subdue my body and get it under my control, so that after preaching the good news to others I myself won’t be disqualified.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

but I pommel my body and subdue it, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

Like an athlete I punish my body, treating it roughly, training it to do what it should, not what it wants to. Otherwise I fear that after enlisting others for the race, I myself might be declared unfit and ordered to stand aside.

English Tyndale 1537

but I tame my body and bring him(it) into subjection, lest after that I have preached to other, I myself should be a castaway.

1 Corinthians 9:27 — Compare Translations