And if a man takes part in a competition he does not get the crown if he has not kept the rules.

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. So then I am running, not uncertainly; so I am fighting, not as one who gives blows in the air: 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.

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.

For the training of the body is of profit for a little, but religion is of profit in every way, giving hope for the life which now is, and for that which is to come.

Or are you not conscious that your body is a house for the Holy Spirit which is in you, and which has been given to you by God? and you are not the owners of yourselves; For a payment has been made for you: let God be honoured in your body.

At the time all punishment seems to be pain and not joy: but after, those who have been trained by it get from it the peace-giving fruit of righteousness. For this cause let the hands which are hanging down be lifted up, and let the feeble knees be made strong, And make straight roads for your feet, so that the feeble may not be turned out of the way, but may be made strong.

I have made a good fight, I have come to the end of my journey, I have kept the faith:

He gives power to the feeble, increasing the strength of him who has no force.

Who is like a newly married man coming from his bride-tent, and is glad like a strong runner starting on his way.

At the time all punishment seems to be pain and not joy: but after, those who have been trained by it get from it the peace-giving fruit of righteousness.

He has no delight in the strength of a horse; he takes no pleasure in the legs of a man.

I go forward to the mark, even the reward of the high purpose of God in Christ Jesus.

I am able to do all things through him who gives me strength.