1 Corinthians 9:25
And every man that striveth in the games exerciseth self-control in all things. Now they {G3303} [do it] to receive a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.
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- 2 Tim 4:7-8 : 7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith: 8 henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give to me at that day; and not to me only, but also to all them that have loved his appearing.
- 2 Pet 1:6 : 6 and in [your] knowledge self-control; and in [your] self-control patience; and in [your] patience godliness;
- Eph 6:12-18 : 12 For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world - rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual [hosts] of wickedness in the heavenly [places]. 13 Wherefore {G5124} take up the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and, having done all, to stand. 14 Stand therefore, having girded your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, 15 and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; 16 withal {G3956} taking up the shield of faith, wherewith {G3739} ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the evil [one]. 17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God: 18 with all prayer {G1722} {G2540} {G3956} and supplication praying at all seasons in the Spirit, and watching {G846} thereunto {G5124} in all perseverance and supplication for all the saints,
- 1 Pet 1:4 : 4 unto an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,
- Titus 1:8 : 8 but given to hospitality, a lover of good, sober-minded, just, holy, self-controlled;
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12Not that I have already obtained, or am already made perfect: but I press on, if so be that I may lay hold on that for which also I was laid hold on by Christ Jesus.
13Brethren, I count not myself yet to have laid hold: but one thing [I do], forgetting the things which are behind, and stretching forward to the things which are before,
14I press on toward the goal unto the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
15Let us therefore, as many as are perfect, be thus minded: and if in anything ye are otherwise minded, this also shall God reveal {G2532} unto you:
16only, {G3739} whereunto we have attained, by that same [rule] let us {G5426} walk.
- 2 Tim 4:7-82 verses68%
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53For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
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6and in [your] knowledge self-control; and in [your] self-control patience; and in [your] patience godliness;
- 2 Cor 4:16-183 verses66%
16Wherefore we faint not; but though {G2532} our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day.
17For our light affliction, which is for the moment, worketh for us {G2596} more and {G5236} more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory;
18while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.