1 Bible Verses about Competitions

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