1 Corinthians 9:24-26

Moffatt(i) 24 Do you not know that in a race, though all run, only one man gains the prize? Run so as to win the prize. 25 Every athlete practises self-restraint all round; but while they do it to win a fading wreath, we do it for an unfading. 26 Well, I run without swerving; I do not plant my blows upon the empty air —