For whoever would save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. For the Son of man is to come with his angels in the glory of his Father, and then he will repay every man for what he has done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end. And let us not grow weary in well-doing, for in due season we shall reap, if we do not lose heart. So run that you may obtain it.
Every athlete exercises self-control in all things.
They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable. 27 but I harden my body with blows and subdue it, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard, that leads to life, and those who find it are few. 16 You will know them by their fruits. Thy kingdom come.