a. The Christian runner must strip off “every weight” (ogkon panta). This means any excess weight and bulk of body. All serious athletes train and strain to remove all excess weight. This refers to things that may be legitimate and innocent in and of themselves, but they hinder the Christian runner. They hamper and slow him down instead of helping him run faster. What kind of things would these be? What are some legitimate and innocent things, things that do not help a believer to grow and run the race as fast as he can?
