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.
Striveth - in wrestling: a more severe contest than the foot-race.
Is temperate. So Paul denied himself, in not claiming sustenance, in view of the "reward" - namely, to "gain the more" (1 Corinthians 9:18-19).
Corruptible - soon withering, being of fir leaves, from the groves which surrounded the Isthmian race-course.
Incorruptible (1 Peter 1:4; 1 Peter 5:4; Revelation 2:10). "Crown" here is not that of a king (a different Greek word, namely, 'diadem'), but a wreath or garland.