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25 All athletes are disciplined in their training. They do it to win a prize that will fade away, but we do it for an eternal prize. 26 So I run with purpose in every step. I am not just shadowboxing.

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25 And everyone who competes for the prize [a]is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a perishable crown, but we for (A)an imperishable crown. 26 Therefore I run thus: (B)not with uncertainty. Thus I fight: not as one who beats the air.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 9:25 exercises self-control