1 Corinthians 9:23

And I do all things for the gospel's sake, that I may be a joint partaker thereof.

Adam Clarke translated this, "I do all this for the sake of the prize, that I may partake of it with you."[18] Paul's use of the word "prize" in the verse immediately following also seems to indicate that it was the prize of eternal life which he had in view here. At any rate, he at once elaborated an illustration taken from the Isthmian games, in which the attainment of the prize was the goal of all participants.