1 Corinthians 9:24-27

24Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives athe prize? So brun that you may obtain it. 25Every cathlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we dan imperishable. 26So I do not run aimlessly; I edo not box as one fbeating the air. 27But I discipline my body and gkeep it under control,
Greek  I pummel my body and make it a slave
lest after preaching to others iI myself should be jdisqualified.

1 Peter 5:4

4And when kthe chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the lunfading mcrown of glory.
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