1Cor 9:26, 1Ti 6:12 | Family | STEP | So run, not as uncertainly ; not as one who runs at random, without knowing his goal or how to reach it. The apostle means, that he so lived as to be sure of obtaining the approbation of God, and receiving a crown of glory.

1 Corinthians 9:26

So run, not as uncertainly; not as one who runs at random, without knowing his goal or how to reach it. The apostle means, that he so lived as to be sure of obtaining the approbation of God, and receiving a crown of glory.

1 Timothy 6:12

Fight the good fight of faith; the Christian life is here, as often elsewhere, compared to a warfare against sin and Satan. Eph 6:11-17; 2Ti 2:3.

Lay hold on eternal life; as on a prize to be obtained by hard struggling.

Whereunto; to the gaining of which prize.

Called; by the grace of God through the gospel.

Hast professed a good profession; or, confessed a good confession; in the widest sense, including not only his confession of Christ at his baptism and ordination, but also especially in times of persecution. See the following verse.