23 I do it all for the sake of the gospel, (A)that I may share with them in its blessings.

24 Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives (B)the prize? So (C)run that you may obtain it. 25 Every (D)athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we (E)an imperishable. 26 So I do not run aimlessly; I (F)do not box as one (G)beating the air. 27 But I discipline my body and (H)keep it under control,[a] lest after preaching to others (I)I myself should be (J)disqualified.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 9:27 Greek I pummel my body and make it a slave

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