1 Corinthians 9:24

²²  To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.

²³  And this I do for the gospel's sake, that I might be partaker thereof with you.

²⁴  Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.

²⁵  And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.

²⁶  I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air: