Catholic Public Domain Version
"Do you not know that, of those who run in a race, all of them, certainly, are runners, but only one achieves the prize. Similarly, you must run, so that you may achieve. "
— 1 Corinthians 9:24, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.”
“Know ye not that they that run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? Even so run; that ye may attain. ”
“Don't you know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run like that, that you may win.”
“Do you not know that all the runners in a stadium compete, but only one receives the prize? So run to win.”
“Know you not that they that run in the race, all run indeed, but one receiveth the prize. So run that you may obtain.”
“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.”
“Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.”
To those who are under the law, I became as if I were under the law, (though I was not under the law) so that I might gain those who were under the law. To those who were without the law, I became as if I were without the law, (though I was not without the law of God, being in the law of Christ) so that I might gain those who were without the law.
To the weak, I became weak, so that I might gain the weak. To all, I became all, so that I might save all.
And I do everything for the sake of the Gospel, so that I may become its partner.
Do you not know that, of those who run in a race, all of them, certainly, are runners, but only one achieves the prize. Similarly, you must run, so that you may achieve.
And one who competes in a contest abstains from all things. And they do this, of course, so that they may achieve a corruptible crown. But we do this, so that we may achieve what is incorruptible.
And so I run, but not with uncertainty. And so I fight, but not by flailing in the air.
Instead, I chastise my body, so as to redirect it into servitude. Otherwise, I might preach to others, but become myself an outcast.