^{24 Ref} Do you not see that in a running competition all take part, but only one gets the reward? So let your minds be fixed on the reward.

^{25 Ref} And every man who takes part in the sports has self-control in all things. Now they do it to get a crown which is of this world, but we for an eternal crown.

^{26 Ref} So then I am running, not uncertainly; so I am fighting, not as one who gives blows in the air:

^{27 Ref} But I give blows to my body, and keep it under control, for fear that, after having given the good news to others, I myself might not have God's approval.

^{24 Ref} Know ye not that they that run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? Even so run; that ye may attain.

^{25 Ref} And every man that striveth in the games exerciseth self-control in all things. Now they `do it' to receive a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.

^{26 Ref} I therefore so run, as not uncertainly; so fight I, as not beating the air:

^{27 Ref} but I buffet my body, and bring it into bondage: lest by any means, after that I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected.

^{24 Ref} Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.

^{25 Ref} 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.

^{26 Ref} I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air:

^{27 Ref} But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.