9 For I think that God has exhibited us apostles as last of all, ^wlike men sentenced to death, because we ^xhave become a spectacle to the world, to angels, and to men.

24 Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives ^sthe prize? So ^trun that you may obtain it.

25 Every ^uathlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we ^van imperishable.

32 What do I gain if, humanly speaking, ^wI fought with beasts at Ephesus? If the dead are not raised, ^x“Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.”