1 Corinthians 9:26

English Standard Version

26 So I do not run aimlessly; I do not box as one beating the air. (1Co 14:9; Heb 12:4)

New International Version

26 Therefore I do not run like someone running aimlessly; I do not fight like a boxer beating the air.

New International Reader’s Version

26 So I do not run like someone who doesn’t run towards the finish line. I do not fight like a boxer who hits nothing but air.

King James Version

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