所以，我奔跑不像无定向的；我斗拳不像打空气的。

所以，我奔跑，不像无目标的；我斗拳，不像打空气的。

所以，我奔跑，不像无目标的；我斗拳，不像打空气的。

因此，我奔跑不是漫无目标，我击拳不是打空气。

所以我奔跑，不是没有目标的；我斗拳，不是打空气的。

因此，我奔跑不像没有目标的；我斗拳不像打空气的；

所以，我奔跑不像無定向的；我鬥拳不像打空氣的。

所以，我奔跑，不像無目標的；我鬥拳，不像打空氣的。

所以，我奔跑，不像無目標的；我鬥拳，不像打空氣的。

因此，我奔跑不是漫無目標，我擊拳不是打空氣。

所以我奔跑，不是沒有目標的；我鬥拳，不是打空氣的。

所以我、我這樣奔跑、不是無定向地；我這樣鬥拳、不是打空氣的。

因此，我奔跑不像沒有目標的；我鬥拳不像打空氣的；

故我馳逐、非如無定、我搏鬥、非如擊空、

故我角勝、無復狐疑、我力搏、非如虛擊、

故我爭趨非如無定向、鬥拳非如擊虛空、

故予之競走、非無目的、予之揮拳、非無對象、

Therefore I do not run like someone running aimlessly; I do not fight like a boxer beating the air.

So I do not run like someone who doesn’t run toward the finish line. I do not fight like a boxer who hits nothing but air.

So I do not run aimlessly; I do not box as one beating the air.

So I run with purpose in every step. I am not just shadowboxing.

So I do not run like one who runs aimlessly or box like one beating the air.

Therefore I run in such a way as not to run aimlessly; I box in such a way, as to avoid hitting air;

Therefore I run thus: not with uncertainty. Thus I fight: not as one who beats the air.

I therefore so run, as not uncertainly; so fight I, as not beating the air:

Therefore I do not run like one who runs aimlessly or box like one beating the air.

I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air:

So I do not run uncertainly or box like one who hits only air.

I therefore run like that, not aimlessly. I fight like that, not beating the air,

Therefore, my brothers and sisters, make every effort to confirm your calling and election. For if you do these things, you will never stumble, (niv)

For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain. (niv)

To this end I strenuously contend with all the energy Christ so powerfully works in me. (niv)

That is why I am suffering as I am. Yet this is no cause for shame, because I know whom I have believed, and am convinced that he is able to guard what I have entrusted to him until that day. (niv)

For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. (niv)

For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands. (niv)

Therefore, since the promise of entering his rest still stands, let us be careful that none of you be found to have fallen short of it. (niv)

“ Make every effort to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to. (niv)

So it is with you. Unless you speak intelligible words with your tongue, how will anyone know what you are saying? You will just be speaking into the air. (niv)

To the elders among you, I appeal as a fellow elder and a witness of Christ’s sufferings who also will share in the glory to be revealed: (niv)

We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord. (niv)

Similarly, anyone who competes as an athlete does not receive the victor’s crown except by competing according to the rules. (niv)

From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven has been subjected to violence, and violent people have been raiding it. (niv)