1 Corinthians 9:25
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Everyone who competes in the games trains with strict discipline. They do it for a crown that is perishable, but we do it for a crown that is imperishable.

Young's Literal Translation
and every one who is striving, is in all things temperate; these, indeed, then, that a corruptible crown they may receive, but we an incorruptible;

King James Bible
And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they [do it] to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.

Greek
Everyone
πᾶς (pas)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3956: All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.

who
(ho)
Article - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

competes in the games
ἀγωνιζόμενος (agōnizomenos)
Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 75: From agon; to struggle, literally, figuratively, or genitive case.

trains with strict discipline.
ἐγκρατεύεται (enkrateuetai)
Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1467: To exercise self-control, be continent. Middle voice from egkrates; to exercise self-restraint.

They [do it]
ἐκεῖνοι (ekeinoi)
Demonstrative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 1565: That, that one there, yonder. From ekei; that one (neuter) thing); often intensified by the article prefixed.

[for]
λάβωσιν (labōsin)
Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 2983: (a) I receive, get, (b) I take, lay hold of.

a crown
στέφανον (stephanon)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 4735: A crown, garland, honor, glory. From an apparently primary stepho; a chaplet, literally or figuratively.

[that is] perishable,
φθαρτὸν (phtharton)
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 5349: Corruptible, perishable. From phtheiro; decayed, i.e. perishable.

but
δὲ (de)
Conjunction
Strong's 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc.

we [ do it for a crown ]
ἡμεῖς (hēmeis)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person Plural
Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

[that is] imperishable.
ἄφθαρτον (aphtharton)
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 862: Indestructible, imperishable, incorruptible; hence: immortal. Undecaying.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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