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.
KJV
Greek original
Louis Segond 1910
Mais je traite durement mon corps et je le tiens assujetti, de peur d'être moi-même rejeté, après avoir prêché aux autres.
KJV
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.
Ignatius of Antioch
Epistulae vii genuinae
ρίκειμαι Lightfoot thinks peri/keimai impossible and accepts Buosen's emendation ou(=per e)/gkeimai. I Cor. 9, 27 ἐπιτυχεῖν, ἵνα μὴ ἀδόκιμος εὑρεθῶ, Ἀσπάζεται ὑμᾶς ἡ ἀγάπη Σμυρναίων καὶ Ἐφεσίων. μνημονεύετε ἐν ταῖς προσευχαῖς ὑμῶν τῆς ἐν Συρίᾳ ἐκκλησίας, ὅθεν καὶ οὐκ ἄξιός εἰμι λ…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
according to the Divine rule, it behooves man to "chastise his body, and bring it into subjection" ( 1 Cor. 9:27 ), by abstinence in food, drink and the like. It is therefore evident that infused and acquired temperance differ in species; and the same applies to the other virtues…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
he need of taming the flesh before passing on to the office of preaching, according to the Apostle ( 1 Cor. 9:27 ): "I chastise my body, and bring it into subjection, lest perhaps when I have preached to others, I myself should become a castaway." Reply to Objection 2: These word…
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