1 Corinthians 9:24

Authorized King James Version (1611)

¶ Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.

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  • 1 Cor 9:26 : 26 I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air:
  • Heb 12:1 : 1 ¶ Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset [us], and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
  • Phil 3:14 : 14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
  • Phil 2:16 : 16 Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.
  • Gal 2:2 : 2 And I went up by revelation, and communicated unto them that gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to them which were of reputation, lest by any means I should run, or had run, in vain.
  • Rev 3:11 : 11 ‹Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.›
  • 2 Tim 4:7-8 : 7 I have fought a good fight, I have finished [my] course, I have kept the faith: 8 Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.
  • Jas 1:12 : 12 Blessed [is] the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
  • Gal 5:7 : 7 Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth?
  • Eccl 9:11 : 11 ¶ I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race [is] not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
  • Jer 12:5 : 5 If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and [if] in the land of peace, [wherein] thou trustedst, [they wearied thee], then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan?
  • Hos 12:10 : 10 I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets.
  • Ps 19:5 : 5 Which [is] as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, [and] rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race.
  • Col 2:18 : 18 Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,

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  • 1 Cor 9:25-27
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    25And 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.

    26I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air:

    27But I keep under my body, and bring [it] into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.

  • 2 Tim 2:4-6
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    4No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of [this] life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.

    5And if a man also strive for masteries, [yet] is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully.

    6The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits.

  • Heb 12:1
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    1¶ Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset [us], and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

  • Phil 3:11-17
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    11If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.

    12Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.

    13Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but [this] one thing [I do], forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,

    14I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

    15¶ Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you.

    16Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us mind the same thing.

    17¶ Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample.

  • 1 Cor 9:22-23
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    22To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all [men], that I might by all means save some.

    23And this I do for the gospel's sake, that I might be partaker thereof with [you].

  • Gal 5:7
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    7Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth?

  • 2 John 1:8
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    8Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward.

  • 1 Cor 15:58
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    58¶ Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.

  • 2 Tim 4:7-8
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    7I have fought a good fight, I have finished [my] course, I have kept the faith:

    8Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.

  • Phil 2:16
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    16Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.

  • 1 Tim 4:8
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    8For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.

  • 2 Cor 5:9
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    9Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him.

  • 1 Cor 9:10-11
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    10Or saith he [it] altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, [this] is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope.

    11If we have sown unto you spiritual things, [is it] a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things?

  • 1 Cor 10:31
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    31Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.

  • Gal 6:8-9
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    8For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.

    9And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

  • 2 Pet 1:10
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    10Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:

  • 1 Cor 9:19
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    19¶ For though I be free from all [men], yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more.

  • Phil 3:8
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    8Yea doubtless, and I count all things [but] loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them [but] dung, that I may win Christ,

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    24Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.

  • Col 1:29
    66%

    29Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.

  • 1 Cor 4:6-7
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    6And these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and [to] Apollos for your sakes; that ye might learn in us not to think [of men] above that which is written, that no one of you be puffed up for one against another.

    7¶ For who maketh thee to differ [from another]? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive [it], why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received [it]?

  • Heb 6:12
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    12That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

  • 2 Cor 9:6
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    6¶ But this [I say], He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.

  • Rom 2:7
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    7To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:

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    24Let no man seek his own, but every man another's [wealth].

  • 1 Cor 9:15
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    13I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

  • 1 Cor 14:12
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    33Even as I please all [men] in all [things], not seeking mine own profit, but the [profit] of many, that they may be saved.

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    15Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all.

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    27¶ Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;

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    8For if these things be in you, and abound, they make [you that ye shall] neither [be] barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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