So I run in this way - not aimlessly, so I box in this way - not beating the air; rather, I punish my body and bring it into submission, so that, after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.
26 Ngako-ke indlela lengigijima ngayo akusiyo yekungaciniseki; nemagalelo ami ngiwacondzisa ngendlela yekutsi ngingashayi lite; 27 kodvwa ngiyawucindzetela umtimba wami futsi ngiwenta sigcili, kuze kutsi ngemuva kwekushumayela kulabanye kubete lokungenta ngilahlwe.