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

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 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,

So, dear brothers and sisters, work hard to prove that you really are among those God has called and chosen. Do these things, and you will never fall away.

For to me, living means living for Christ, and dying is even better.

That’s why I work and struggle so hard, depending on Christ’s mighty power that works within me.

That is why I am suffering here in prison. But I am not ashamed of it, for I know the one in whom I trust, and I am sure that he is able to guard what I have entrusted to him until the day of his return.

For we are not fighting against flesh and blood enemies, but against evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world, against mighty powers in this dark world, and against evil spirits in the heavenly places.

For we know that when this earthly tent we live in is taken down( that is, when we die and leave this earthly body), we will have a house in heaven, an eternal body made for us by God himself and not by human hands.

God’s promise of entering his rest still stands, so we ought to tremble with fear that some of you might fail to experience it.

“ Work hard to enter the narrow door to God’s Kingdom, for many will try to enter but will fail.

It’s the same for you. If you speak to people in words they don’t understand, how will they know what you are saying? You might as well be talking into empty space.

And now, a word to you who are elders in the churches. I, too, am an elder and a witness to the sufferings of Christ. And I, too, will share in his glory when he is revealed to the whole world. As a fellow elder, I appeal to you:

Yes, we are fully confident, and we would rather be away from these earthly bodies, for then we will be at home with the Lord.

And athletes cannot win the prize unless they follow the rules.

And from the time John the Baptist began preaching until now, the Kingdom of Heaven has been forcefully advancing, and violent people are attacking it.