1 Corinthians 9:27 · 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 rejected.”
— 1 Corinthians 9:27
Era
Early Church (~50 AD)
Emotion
deciding
Type
teaching
Emotional genome
Comfort power
Quotability
Memorability
Crisis relevance
Standalone
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