1 Corinthians 9:26

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So I do not run uncertainly or box like one who hits only air.

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Referenced Verses

  • Phil 1:21 : 21 For to me, living is Christ and dying is gain.
  • Col 1:29 : 29 Toward this goal I also labor, struggling according to his power that powerfully works in me.
  • 2 Tim 1:12 : 12 Because of this, in fact, I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, because I know the one in whom my faith is set and I am convinced that he is able to protect what has been entrusted to me until that day.
  • 2 Pet 1:10 : 10 Therefore, brothers and sisters, make every effort to be sure of your calling and election. For by doing this you will never stumble into sin.
  • 2 Tim 2:5 : 5 Also, if anyone competes as an athlete, he will not be crowned as the winner unless he competes according to the rules.
  • Heb 4:1 : 1 God’s Promised Rest Therefore we must be wary that, while the promise of entering his rest remains open, none of you may seem to have come short of it.
  • Matt 11:12 : 12 From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven has suffered violence, and forceful people lay hold of it.
  • Luke 13:24 : 24 “Exert 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 It is the same for you. If you do not speak clearly with your tongue, how will anyone know what is being said? For you will be speaking into the air.
  • 2 Cor 5:1 : 1 Living by Faith, Not by Sight For we know that if our earthly house, the tent we live in, is dismantled, we have a building from God, a house not built by human hands, that is eternal in the heavens.
  • 2 Cor 5:8 : 8 Thus we are full of courage 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 the rulers, against the powers, against the world rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavens.
  • 1 Pet 5:1 : 1 Leading and Living in God’s Flock So as your fellow elder and a witness of Christ’s sufferings and as one who shares in the glory that will be revealed, I urge the elders among you:

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  • 1 Cor 9:22-25
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    22To the weak I became weak in order to gain the weak. I have become all things to all people, so that by all means I may save some.

    23I do all these things because of the gospel, so that I can be a participant in it.

    24Do you not know that all the runners in a stadium compete, but only one receives the prize? So run to win.

    25Each competitor must exercise self-control in everything. They do it to receive a perishable crown, but we an imperishable one.

  • 1 Cor 9:27
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    27Instead I subdue my body and make it my slave, so that after preaching to others I myself will not be disqualified.

  • 2 Tim 2:3-6
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    3Take your share of suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.

    4No one in military service gets entangled in matters of everyday life; otherwise he will not please the one who recruited him.

    5Also, if anyone competes as an athlete, he will not be crowned as the winner unless he competes according to the rules.

    6The farmer who works hard ought to have the first share of the crops.

  • 2 Tim 4:7-8
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    7I have competed well; I have finished the race; I have kept the faith!

    8Finally the crown of righteousness is reserved for me. The Lord, the righteous Judge, will award it to me in that day– and not to me only, but also to all who have set their affection on his appearing.

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

    12Keep Going Forward Not that I have already attained this– that is, I have not already been perfected– but I strive to lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus also laid hold of me.

    13Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself to have attained this. Instead I am single-minded: Forgetting the things that are behind and reaching out for the things that are ahead,

    14with this goal in mind, I strive toward the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

  • Phil 2:16
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    16by holding on to the word of life so that on the day of Christ I will have a reason to boast that I did not run in vain nor labor in vain.

  • Col 1:29
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    29Toward this goal I also labor, struggling according to his power that powerfully works in me.

  • 1 Tim 6:12
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    12Compete well for the faith and lay hold of that eternal life you were called for and made your good confession for in the presence of many witnesses.

  • Heb 12:1
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    1The Lord’s Discipline Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, we must get rid of every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and run with endurance the race set out for us,

  • 2 Cor 10:2-4
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    2now I ask that when I am present I may not have to be bold with the confidence that(I expect) I will dare to use against some who consider us to be behaving according to human standards.

    3For though we live as human beings, we do not wage war according to human standards,

    4for the weapons of our warfare are not human weapons, but are made powerful by God for tearing down strongholds. We tear down arguments

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

    13For this reason, take up the full armor of God so that you may be able to stand your ground on the evil day, and having done everything, to stand.

  • 1 Cor 9:15
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    15But I have not used any of these rights. And I am not writing these things so that something will be done for me. In fact, it would be better for me to die than– no one will deprive me of my reason for boasting!

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    58So then, dear brothers and sisters, be firm. Do not be moved! Always be outstanding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

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    31Every day I am in danger of death! This is as sure as my boasting in you, which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord.

    32If from a human point of view I fought with wild beasts at Ephesus, what did it benefit me? If the dead are not raised, let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.

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    30since you are encountering the same conflict that you saw me face and now hear that I am facing.

  • 1 Tim 4:8
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    8For“physical exercise has some value, but godliness is valuable in every way. It holds promise for the present life and for the life to come.”

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    14Dealing with False Teachers Remind people of these things and solemnly charge them before the Lord not to wrangle over words. This is of no benefit; it just brings ruin on those who listen.

    15Make every effort to present yourself before God as a proven worker who does not need to be ashamed, teaching the message of truth accurately.

  • 2 Cor 4:9
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    9we are persecuted, but not abandoned; we are knocked down, but not destroyed,

  • Acts 20:24
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    24But I do not consider my life worth anything to myself, so that I may finish my task and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the good news of God’s grace.

  • 1 Cor 4:6
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    6I have applied these things to myself and Apollos because of you, brothers and sisters, so that through us you may learn“not to go beyond what is written,” so that none of you will be puffed up in favor of the one against the other.

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    13Final Challenge and Blessing Stay alert, stand firm in the faith, show courage, be strong.

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

  • Gal 6:9
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    9So we must not grow weary in doing good, for in due time we will reap, if we do not give up.

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    5For I consider myself not at all inferior to those“super-apostles.”

  • 2 Cor 11:17
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    17What I am saying with this boastful confidence I do not say the way the Lord would. Instead it is, as it were, foolishness.

  • Phil 4:13
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    13I am able to do all things through the one who strengthens me.

  • Rom 15:20
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    20And in this way I desire to preach where Christ has not been named, so as not to build on another person’s foundation,

  • Phil 1:16
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    16The latter do so from love because they know that I am placed here for the defense of the gospel.

  • 2 Cor 6:9
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    9as unknown, and yet well-known; as dying and yet– see!– we continue to live; as those who are scourged and yet not executed;

  • 2 Cor 10:16
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    16so that we may preach the gospel in the regions that lie beyond you, and not boast of work already done in another person’s area.

  • 1 Cor 14:8
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    8If, for example, the trumpet makes an unclear sound, who will get ready for battle?

  • 1 Cor 6:12
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    12Flee Sexual Immorality“All things are lawful for me”– but not everything is beneficial.“All things are lawful for me”– but I will not be controlled by anything.

  • 1 Tim 1:18
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    18I put this charge before you, Timothy my child, in keeping with the prophecies once spoken about you, in order that with such encouragement you may fight the good fight.

  • Phil 1:22
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    22Now if I am to go on living in the body, this will mean productive work for me, yet I don’t know which I prefer:

  • Eph 6:17
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    17And take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit(which is the word of God).