1 Corinthians 9:26

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Therefore, I run with purpose in every step; I fight not like someone beating the air.

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  • Phil 1:21 : 21 For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.
  • Col 1:29 : 29 To this end, I labor and struggle with all His energy, which so powerfully works within me.
  • 2 Tim 1:12 : 12 That is why I am suffering as I am. Yet I am not ashamed, because I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him until that day.
  • 2 Pet 1:10 : 10 Therefore, brothers and sisters, make every effort to confirm your calling and election; for if you do these things, you will never stumble.
  • 2 Tim 2:5 : 5 Also, if anyone competes as an athlete, they do not receive a victor's crown unless they compete according to the rules.
  • Heb 4:1 : 1 Therefore, let us be cautious lest any of you seem to have fallen short of the promise of entering His rest.
  • Matt 11:12 : 12 From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven has been subjected to force, and forceful people lay hold of it.
  • Luke 13:24 : 24 'Make every effort to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to.
  • 1 Cor 14:9 : 9 In the same way, unless you speak intelligible words through your tongue, how will anyone understand what you are saying? You will just be speaking into the air.
  • 2 Cor 5:1 : 1 For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.
  • 2 Cor 5:8 : 8 We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.
  • Eph 6:12 : 12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against rulers, against authorities, against cosmic powers of this present darkness, and against spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.
  • 1 Pet 5:1 : 1 I urge the elders among you, as a fellow elder and a witness of Christ's sufferings, and also as one who will share in the glory to be revealed.

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  • 1 Cor 9:22-25
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    22To the weak, I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all people, so that by all possible means I might save some.

    23I do all this for the sake of the gospel, so that I may share in its blessings.

    24Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may win it.

    25Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable crown, but we do it to receive an imperishable one.

  • 1 Cor 9:27
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    27Rather, I discipline my body and bring it under control, so that after preaching to others, I myself will not be disqualified.

  • 2 Tim 2:3-6
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    3Endure hardship as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.

    4No one serving as a soldier gets entangled in the affairs of civilian life; instead, they strive to please the one who enlisted them.

    5Also, if anyone competes as an athlete, they do not receive a victor's crown unless they compete according to the rules.

    6The hardworking farmer should be the first to partake of the crops.

  • 2 Tim 4:7-8
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    7I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, and I have kept the faith.

    8Now there is reserved for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day—and not only to me but also to all who have loved His appearing.

  • Phil 3:11-14
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    11and so, somehow, attaining to the resurrection from the dead.

    12Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.

    13Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead,

    14I press on toward the goal to win the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

  • Phil 2:16
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    16holding fast to the word of life. Then I can boast in the day of Christ that I did not labor or run in vain.

  • Col 1:29
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    29To this end, I labor and struggle with all His energy, which so powerfully works within me.

  • 1 Tim 6:12
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    12Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called and about which you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.

  • Heb 12:1
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    1Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with endurance the race set before us.

  • 2 Cor 10:2-4
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    2I beg you that when I am present, I will not have to be bold with the confidence I consider using against some, who think we live according to the flesh.

    3For though we live in the flesh, we do not wage war according to the flesh.

    4The weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but they are powerful through God for the destruction of strongholds. We demolish arguments

  • Eph 6:12-13
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    12For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against rulers, against authorities, against cosmic powers of this present darkness, and against spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.

    13Therefore, take up the full armor of God so that you may be able to resist in the evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm.

  • 1 Cor 9:15
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    15But I have not made use of any of these rights, and I am not writing this to make it happen for me. I would rather die than let anyone deprive me of my reason for boasting.

  • 1 Cor 15:58
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    58Therefore, my beloved brothers and sisters, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.

  • 1 Cor 15:31-32
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    31I face death every day—yes, as surely as I boast about you in Christ Jesus our Lord.

    32If I fought wild beasts in Ephesus merely from a human point of view, what benefit is that to me? If the dead are not raised, 'Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.'

  • Phil 1:30
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    30since you are experiencing the same struggle you saw I had, and now hear that I still have.

  • 1 Tim 4:8
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    8For bodily training is of some value, but godliness is valuable in every way, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come.

  • 2 Tim 2:14-15
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    14Keep reminding them of these things, and solemnly warn them before God not to quarrel about words. Such arguments are useless and lead to the ruin of those who listen.

    15Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.

  • 2 Cor 4:9
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    9persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.

  • Acts 20:24
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    24'But I consider my life worth nothing to me, if only I may finish my course and the ministry I received from the Lord Jesus—to testify to the gospel of God’s grace.'

  • 1 Cor 4:6
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    6Brothers and sisters, I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your sake, so that you may learn from us not to go beyond what is written. Then you will not be puffed up in being a follower of one of us over and against another.

  • 1 Cor 16:13
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    13Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, be courageous, be strong.

  • 2 John 1:8
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    8Watch yourselves, so that you do not lose what we have worked for, but may receive a full reward.

  • Gal 6:9
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    9Let us not grow weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.

  • 2 Cor 11:5
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    5I do not consider myself in any way inferior to these 'super-apostles.'

  • 2 Cor 11:17
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    17What I am saying, I do not say as from the Lord, but as if in foolishness, with this confidence of boasting.

  • Phil 4:13
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    13I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

  • Rom 15:20
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    20It has always been my ambition to preach the gospel where Christ was not known, so that I would not be building on someone else’s foundation.

  • Phil 1:16
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    16The latter do so out of love, knowing that I am put here for the defense of the gospel.

  • 2 Cor 6:9
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    9as unknown, yet well-known; as dying, yet behold, we live; as disciplined, but not put to death;

  • 2 Cor 10:16
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    16so that we can preach the gospel in the regions beyond you. For we do not want to boast in work already done in another person's area.

  • 1 Cor 14:8
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    8For if the trumpet gives an unclear sound, who will prepare for battle?

  • 1 Cor 6:12
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    12All things are lawful for me, but not all things are beneficial. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be mastered by anything.

  • 1 Tim 1:18
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    18Timothy, my child, I entrust this charge to you, in keeping with the prophecies once made about you, so that by recalling them you may fight the good fight,

  • Phil 1:22
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    22Now if I live on in the flesh, this means fruitful labor for me. Yet I do not know what I shall choose.

  • Eph 6:17
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    17Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.