Therefore I run thus: not with uncertainty. Thus I fight: not as one who beats the air.
1 Corinthians 9:26
Surrounding context
9:25 And everyone who competes for the prize is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a perishable crown, but we for an imperishable crown.
9:26 Therefore I run thus: not with uncertainty. Thus I fight: not as one who beats the air.
9:27 But I discipline my body and bring it into subjection, lest, when I have preached to others, I myself should become disqualified.