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

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:

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, brothers, make every effort to confirm your calling and election, because if you do these things you will never stumble.

For me, living is Christ and dying is gain.

I labor for this, striving with His strength that works powerfully in me.

and that is why I suffer these things. But I am not ashamed, because I know the One I have believed in and am persuaded that He is able to guard what has been entrusted to me until that day.

For our battle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the world powers of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavens.

For we know that if our temporary, earthly dwelling is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal dwelling in the heavens, not made with hands.

Therefore, while the promise to enter His rest remains, let us fear that none of you should miss it.

“ Make every effort to enter through the narrow door, because I tell you, many will try to enter and won’t be able

In the same way, unless you use your tongue for intelligible speech, how will what is spoken be known? For you will be speaking into the air.

Therefore, as a fellow elder and witness to the sufferings of the Messiah and also a participant in the glory about to be revealed, I exhort the elders among you:

and we are confident and satisfied to be out of the body and at home with the Lord.

Also, if anyone competes as an athlete, he is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules.

From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven has been suffering violence, and the violent have been seizing it by force.