1COR 9:27 Parallel View

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ULT But I subdue my body and enslave it, lest having preached to others, I myself might be disqualified.

UST I totally control my body and make it serve me. I do that because I do not want to proclaim the good news to other people but then find that God does not approve of me.

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

BLB But I batter my body and bring it into servitude, lest having preached to others, I myself might be disqualified.

AICNT but I discipline my body and bring it into subjection, lest after preaching to others, I myself should be disqualified.

OEB No, I bruise my body and make it my slave, so that I, who have called others to the contest, will not myself be rejected.

WEB but I beat my body and bring it into submission, lest by any means, after I have preached to others, I myself should be disqualified.

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

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

FBV I also treat my body severely to bring it under my control, for I don't want somehow to be disqualified after sharing the good news with everybody else.

TCNT but I discipline my body and make it my slave, lest somehow after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified.

T4T I beat my body to make it do what I want it to do [MET], as slaves obey their masters, in order that, after I have proclaimed God’s message to others, he will not say that I do not deserve to receive a reward.

LEB But I discipline my body and subjugate it, lest somehow after[fn] preaching to others,I myself should become disqualified.

?:? *Here “after” is supplied as a component of the participle (“preaching”) which is understood as temporal

BBE But I give blows to my body, and keep it under control, for fear that, after having given the good news to others, I myself might not have God's approval.

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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.

DRA But I chastise my body, and bring it into subjection: lest perhaps, when I have preached to others, I myself should become a castaway.

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

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

RV 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.

WBS But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest by any means when I have preached to others, I myself should be a cast-away.

KJB 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.
(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. )

BB But I tame my body, and bryng it into subiection, lest by any meanes, that when I haue preached to other, I my selfe shoulde be a castaway.
(But I tame my body, and bring it into subjection, lest by any meanes, that when I have preached to other, I my self should be a castaway.)

GNV But I beate downe my body, and bring it into subiection, lest by any meanes after that I haue preached to other, I my selfe should be reproued.
(But I beate down my body, and bring it into subjection, lest by any meanes after that I have preached to other, I my self should be reproued. )

CB but I tame my body, and brynge it in to subieccion, lest whan I preach vnto other: I my selfe be a cast awaye.
(but I tame my body, and bring it in to subjection, lest when I preach unto other: I my self be a cast away.)

TNT but I tame my body and bringe it into subieccion lest after that I have preached to other I my silfe shuld be a castawaye.
(but I tame my body and bring it into subjection lest after that I have preached to other I my self should be a castawaye. )

WYC but Y chastise my bodi, and bryng it in to seruage; lest perauenture whanne Y preche to othere, Y my silf be maad repreuable.
(but I chastise my bodi, and bring it in to seruage; lest perauenture when I preach to other, I my self be made repreuable.)

LUT sondern ich betäube meinen Leib und zähme ihn, daß ich nicht den andern predige und selbst verwerflich werde.
(rather I betäube my body and tame him/it, that I not the change predige and himself/itself verwerflich become.)

CLV sed castigo corpus meum, et in servitutem redigo: ne forte cum aliis prædicaverim, ipse reprobus efficiar.[fn]
(sed castigo corpus mine, and in servitutem redigo: ne forte when/with aliis prædicaverim, himself reprobus efficiar.)

9.27 Castigo corpus meum. Apostolus suo timore nos terruit. Quid enim faciet agnus, ubi aries tremit? Ne forte, etc. Quod cito contingere posset; tunc aliis magis cavendum, ne offendendo sint reprobi.

9.27 Castigo corpus mine. Apostolus his_own timore nos terruit. Quid because faciet agnus, ubi aries tremit? Ne forte, etc. That cito contingere posset; tunc aliis magis cavendum, ne offendendo sint reprobi.

UGNT ἀλλὰ ὑπωπιάζω μου τὸ σῶμα, καὶ δουλαγωγῶ, μή πως ἄλλοις κηρύξας, αὐτὸς ἀδόκιμος γένωμαι.
(alla hupōpiazō mou to sōma, kai doulagōgō, maʸ pōs allois kaʸruxas, autos adokimos genōmai.)

SBL-GNT ἀλλὰ ὑπωπιάζω μου τὸ σῶμα καὶ δουλαγωγῶ, μή πως ἄλλοις κηρύξας αὐτὸς ἀδόκιμος γένωμαι.
(alla hupōpiazō mou to sōma kai doulagōgō, maʸ pōs allois kaʸruxas autos adokimos genōmai. )

TC-GNT [fn]ἀλλ᾽ [fn]ὑπωπιάζω μου τὸ σῶμα καὶ δουλαγωγῶ, μήπως, ἄλλοις κηρύξας, αὐτὸς ἀδόκιμος γένωμαι.
(all᾽ hupōpiazō mou to sōma kai doulagōgō, maʸpōs, allois kaʸruxas, autos adokimos genōmai.)

9:27 αλλ ¦ αλλα NA²⁷ SBL WH

9:27 υπωπιαζω ¦ υποπιαζω ANT

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ὑπωπιάζω μου τὸ σῶμα

˱I˲_/am/_beating ˱of˲_me the body

Here Paul uses words that continue the boxing metaphor from 9:26. The clause I subdue my body could also be translated “I give my body a black eye.” Paul’s point is that he controls or rules over his body, just like boxers control or rule over any opponents that they have punched in the face. He does not mean that he physically hurts his body. Since this language would be misunderstood in English, the ULT has expressed the idea plainly. You could also express the idea plainly, or you could use a comparable metaphor. Alternate translation: “I rule my body” or “I take control of my body”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

μου τὸ σῶμα, καὶ δουλαγωγῶ

˱of˲_me the body and ˱I˲_/am/_enslaving_‹it›

Here Paul uses my body to refer to himself as a whole. He does not mean that his nonphysical part “subdues” and “enslaves” his physical part. Rather, he means that he “subdues” and “enslaves” himself. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the idea behind my bodyby using a natural way in your language to refer to oneself. Alternate translation: “myself and enslave myself”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

δουλαγωγῶ

˱I˲_/am/_enslaving_‹it›

Here Paul speaks as if he were “enslaving” his body. He speaks in this way to again emphasize that he controls and rules over himself. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express enslave it with a comparable metaphor or express the idea plainly. Alternate translation: “control it” or “govern it”

Note 4 topic: grammar-connect-logic-contrast

μή πως ἄλλοις κηρύξας

not somehow ˱to˲_others /having/_proclaimed

Here, having preached to others could identify: (1) a contrast with how he might be disqualified. Alternate translation: “lest, although I have preached to others” (2) what Paul has done before he might be disqualified. Alternate translation: “lest, after having preached to others”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

αὐτὸς ἀδόκιμος γένωμαι

myself unqualified ˱I˲_/may/_become

Here, disqualified continues the athletic imagery. An athlete who is disqualified is unable to win the competition and receive the prize. Paul speaks in this way to emphasize that he wants to be able to receive a reward from God. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this figure of speech with a comparable metaphor or express the idea plainly. Alternate translation: “I myself might not reach the goal” or “I myself might fail to please God”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

αὐτὸς ἀδόκιμος γένωμαι

myself unqualified ˱I˲_/may/_become

If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you can express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Paul uses the passive form here to focus on himself, who could be disqualified, rather than focusing on the person doing the “disqualifying.” If you must state who would do the action, Paul implies that “God” would do it. Alternate translation: “God might disqualify even me”

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / rpronouns

αὐτὸς & γένωμαι

myself & ˱I˲_/may/_become

Here, myself focuses attention on I. If myself would not draw attention to the Son in your language, you could express the attention or focus in another way. Alternate translation: “even I might be” or “I indeed might be”

Parallel 1COR 9:27