9:24 Do you not know that in a race all the runners compete, but only one receives the prize? So run that you may obtain it. 9:25 Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable. 9:26 Well, I do not run aimlessly, I do not box as one beating the air; 9:27 but I pommel my body and subdue it, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified.