24 You know when people are running a race, they all run. But only one man will win. The way you should run is to run to win.

25 Everyone who wants to show his strength must control himself in every way. They do it for a prize that will spoil. But what we do, we do for a reward that will never, never spoil.

26 So I do not run as if I did not know where I was going. And I do not fight like a man just beating the air.

27 But I control my own body really well. I make my body obey me. After telling others the good news, I myself do not want to be left out.