24 Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives *Phil. 3:14;Col. 2:18the prize? So *Gal. 2:2;5:7;Phil. 2:16;Heb. 12:1;[2 Tim. 4:7]run that you may obtain it. 25 Every *1 Tim. 6:12;2 Tim. 2:5;4:7;[Jude 3] athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we *See James 1:12an imperishable. 26 So I do not run aimlessly; I *[Heb. 12:4] do not box as one *[ch. 14:9]beating the air. 27 But I discipline my body and *[Rom. 6:19] keep it under control,*9:27 Greek I pummel my body and make it a slave lest after preaching to others *[Song 1:6] I myself should be *[Jer. 6:30;Rom. 1:28;Heb. 6:8]disqualified.