1 Corinthians 9:24-26

Noyes(i) 24 Know ye not, that of those who run in the racecourse all run, but one receiveth the prize? Thus run, that ye may obtain. 25 And every one who contendeth in the games is temperate in all things; they, however, to obtain a perishable crown, but we, an imperishable. 26 I therefore so run, not as one uncertain; I so fight, not as one striking the air;