“Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize?”

– 1 Corinthians 9:24

1 Corinthians 9:24-27

[24] Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? So run that you may obtain it. [25] Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable. [26] So I do not run aimlessly; I do not box as one beating the air. [27] But I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others* I myself should be disqualified.

1 Timothy 2:1

[2:1] First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people,