NET Bible
"So I do not run uncertainly or box like one who hits only air."
— 1 Corinthians 9:26, NET Bible
“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,”
“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:”
I do all these things because of the gospel, so that I can be a participant in it.
Do you not know that all the runners in a stadium compete, but only one receives the prize? So run to win.
Each competitor must exercise self-control in everything. They do it to receive a perishable crown, but we an imperishable one.
So I do not run uncertainly or box like one who hits only air.
Instead I subdue my body and make it my slave, so that after preaching to others I myself will not be disqualified.