1 Korintus 9:25-26
Konteks9:25 Each competitor must exercise self-control in everything. They do it to receive a perishable crown, but we an imperishable one.
9:26 So I do not run uncertainly or box like one who hits only air.
1 Korintus 9:1
Konteks9:1 Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you not my work in the Lord?
1 Timotius 1:18
Konteks1:18 I put this charge 1 before you, Timothy my child, in keeping with the prophecies once spoken about you, 2 in order that with such encouragement 3 you may fight the good fight.
[1:18] 1 sn This charge refers to the task Paul described to Timothy in vv. 3-7 above.
[1:18] 2 sn The prophecies once spoken about you were apparently spoken at Timothy’s ordination (cf. 1 Tim 4:14) and perhaps spoke of what God would do through him. Thus they can encourage him in his work, as the next clause says.
[1:18] 3 tn Grk “that by them you might fight…” (a reference to the prophecies which can encourage him in his work).