24 Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may win.

25 Everyone who competes in the games exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable.

26 Therefore I do not run aimlessly. I do not box as a man beating the air.

27 But I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that, after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.