Catholic Public Domain Version
"And so I run, but not with uncertainty. And so I fight, but not by flailing in the air. "
— 1 Corinthians 9:26, Catholic Public Domain Version
“I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air:”
“I therefore so run, as not uncertainly; so fight I, as not beating the air: ”
“I therefore run like that, as not uncertainly. I fight like that, as not beating the air,”
“So I do not run uncertainly or box like one who hits only air.”
“I therefore so run, not as at an uncertainty: I so fight, not as one beating the air.”
“So then I am running, not uncertainly; so I am fighting, not as one who gives blows in the air:”
“I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air:”
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.