Again, a competitor in the games is not crowned unless he observes the rules.

Every athlete practises self-restraint all round; but while they do it to win a fading wreath, we do it for an unfading. Well, I run without swerving; I do not plant my blows upon the empty air ??27 no, I maul and master my body, in case, after preaching to other people, I am disqualified myself.

Do you not know that in a race, though all run, only one man gains the prize? Run so as to win the prize.

The training of the body is of small service, but religion is of service in all directions; it contains the promise of life both for the present and for the future.

Do you not know your body is the temple of the holy Spirit within you ??the Spirit you have received from God? You are not your own, you were bought for a price; then glorify God with your body.

Discipline always seems for the time to be a thing of pain, not of joy; but those who are trained by it reap the fruit of it afterwards in the peace of an upright life. So up with your listless hands! Strengthen your weak knees! And make straight paths for your feet to walk in. You must not let the lame get dislocated, but rather make them whole.

I have fought in the good fight; I have run my course; I have kept the faith.

Discipline always seems for the time to be a thing of pain, not of joy; but those who are trained by it reap the fruit of it afterwards in the peace of an upright life.

to press on to the goal for the prize of God's high call in Christ Jesus.

In him who strengthens me I am able for anything.