24 Do you not know that the runners in a race all run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may win it.+

26 Therefore, the way I am running is not aimlessly;+ the way I am aiming my blows is so as not to be striking the air;+

13 Brothers, I do not yet consider myself as having taken hold of it; but one thing is certain: Forgetting the things behind+ and stretching forward to the things ahead,+ 14 I am pressing on toward the goal for the prize+ of the upward call+ of God by means of Christ Jesus.