Therefore I do not run like someone running aimlessly; I do not fight like a boxer beating the air.
NMVI therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beats the air:
OJBTherefore, I run not as one without a goal that is kovua (fixed, set). I box as not beating the air.
TCENTTherefore I do not run aimlessly, nor do I box as though beating the air;
T4TFor that reason, I try hard to please God [MET], like a runner who runs toward the goal [LIT]. I try hard to accomplish what God wants me to accomplish, like a boxer tries hard to hit his opponent, not to miss hitting him.