2 Timothy 2:5

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Cor 9:24-27 : 24 Do you not know that all the runners in a stadium compete, but only one receives the prize? So run to win. 25 Each competitor must exercise self-control in everything. They do it to receive a perishable crown, but we an imperishable one. 26 So I do not run uncertainly or box like one who hits only air. 27 Instead I subdue my body and make it my slave, so that after preaching to others I myself will not be disqualified.
  • Jas 1:12 : 12 Happy is the one who endures testing, because when he has proven to be genuine, he will receive the crown of life that God promised to those who love him.
  • 1 Pet 5:4 : 4 Then when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that never fades away.
  • Rev 2:10 : 10 Do not be afraid of the things you are about to suffer. The devil is about to have some of you thrown into prison so you may be tested, and you will experience suffering for ten days. Remain faithful even to the point of death, and I will give you the crown that is life itself.
  • Rev 3:11 : 11 I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have so that no one can take away your crown.
  • Rev 4:10 : 10 the twenty-four elders throw themselves to the ground before the one who sits on the throne and worship the one who lives forever and ever, and they offer their crowns before his throne, saying:
  • Phil 1:15 : 15 Some, to be sure, are preaching Christ from envy and rivalry, but others from goodwill.
  • Col 1:29 : 29 Toward this goal I also labor, struggling according to his power that powerfully works in me.
  • 2 Tim 4:7-8 : 7 I have competed well; I have finished the race; I have kept the faith! 8 Finally 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.
  • Heb 2:7 : 7 You made him lower than the angels for a little while. You crowned him with glory and honor.
  • Heb 2:9 : 9 but we see Jesus, who was made lower than the angels for a little while, now crowned with glory and honor because he suffered death, so that by God’s grace he would experience death on behalf of everyone.
  • Heb 12:4 : 4 You have not yet resisted to the point of bloodshed in your struggle against sin.
  • 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.

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  • 1 Cor 9:24-27
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    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.

    26So I do not run uncertainly or box like one who hits only air.

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

  • 2 Tim 2:6
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    6The farmer who works hard ought to have the first share of the crops.

  • 2 Tim 2:3-4
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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.

  • 2 Tim 2:14-15
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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.

  • Jas 1:12
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    12Happy is the one who endures testing, because when he has proven to be genuine, he will receive the crown of life that God promised to those who love him.

  • 2 Tim 2:21
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    21So if someone cleanses himself of such behavior, he will be a vessel for honorable use, set apart, useful for the Master, prepared for every good work.

  • 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.

  • 2 Tim 2:24
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    24And the Lord’s slave must not engage in heated disputes but be kind toward all, an apt teacher, patient,

  • Rom 2:7
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    7eternal life to those who by perseverance in good works seek glory and honor and immortality,

  • Phil 3:12
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    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.

  • 1 Cor 15:58
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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.

  • Phil 3:14
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    14with this goal in mind, I strive toward the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

  • 1 Cor 3:14
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    14If what someone has built survives, he will receive a reward.

  • 1 Tim 6:11-12
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    11But you, as a person dedicated to God, keep away from all that. Instead pursue righteousness, godliness, faithfulness, love, endurance, and gentleness.

    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.

  • Gal 6:8-9
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    8because the person who sows to his own flesh will reap corruption from the flesh, but the one who sows to the Spirit will reap eternal life from the Spirit.

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

  • 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.

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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.”

  • 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 1:8
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    8But we know that the law is good if someone uses it legitimately,

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    9So then whether we are alive or away, we make it our ambition to please him.

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

  • Gal 6:3-4
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    3For if anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.

    4Let each one examine his own work. Then he can take pride in himself and not compare himself with someone else.

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    18For the scripture says,“Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain,” and,“The worker deserves his pay.”

  • Jas 1:25
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    25But the one who peers into the perfect law of liberty and fixes his attention there, and does not become a forgetful listener but one who lives it out– he will be blessed in what he does.

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    20Let each one remain in that situation in life in which he was called.

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    3If someone spreads false teachings and does not agree with sound words(that is, those of our Lord Jesus Christ) and with the teaching that accords with godliness,

  • Deut 20:6
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    6Or who among you has planted a vineyard and not benefited from it? He may go home, lest he die in battle and someone else benefit from it.

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    3not a drunkard, not violent, but gentle, not contentious, free from the love of money.

  • 1 Pet 4:15
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    15But let none of you suffer as a murderer or thief or criminal or as a troublemaker.

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    5But if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for the church of God?

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    5Encouragement in Persecution This is evidence of God’s righteous judgment, to make you worthy of the kingdom of God, for which in fact you are suffering.

  • 2 Pet 1:10
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    10Therefore, 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 Thess 3:10
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    10For even when we were with you, we used to give you this command:“If anyone is not willing to work, neither should he eat.”

  • Heb 12:4
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    4You have not yet resisted to the point of bloodshed in your struggle against sin.

  • 2 Tim 4:5
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    5You, however, be self-controlled in all things, endure hardship, do an evangelist’s work, fulfill your ministry.

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    19For this finds God’s favor, if because of conscience toward God someone endures hardships in suffering unjustly.

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    4Then when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that never fades away.

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    7Who ever serves in the army at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat its fruit? Who tends a flock and does not consume its milk?

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    18“If men fight, and one strikes his neighbor with a stone or with his fist and he does not die, but must remain in bed,