1 Corinthians 9:24-27 Do you not see that in a running competition all take part, but only one gets the reward? So let your minds be fixed on the reward.

BBE⁽ⁱ⁾ ²⁴ Do you not see that in a running competition all take part, but only one gets the reward? So let your minds be fixed on the reward. ²⁵ And every man who takes part in the sports has self-control in all things. Now they do it to get a crown which is of this world, but we for an eternal crown. ²⁶ So then I am running, not uncertainly; so I am fighting, not as one who gives blows in the air: ²⁷ But I give blows to my body, and keep it under control, for fear that, after having given the good news to others, I myself might not have God's approval.