24 You know that in a race all the runners run but only one wins the prize, don't you? You must run in such a way that you may be victorious.

25 Everyone who enters an athletic contest practices self-control in everything. They do it to win a wreath that dies, but we to win one that never dies.

26 That is the way I run, with a clear goal in mind. That is the way I box, not like someone punching the air.

27 No, I keep on beating my body and making it my slave so that, after I have preached to others, I myself will not somehow be disqualified.