1 Corinthians 9:24

World English Bible (2000)

Don't you know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run like that, that you may win.

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  • 1 Cor 9:26 : 26 I therefore run like that, as not uncertainly. I fight like that, as not beating the air,
  • Heb 12:1 : 1 Therefore let us also, seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
  • Phil 3:14 : 14 I press on toward the goal for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
  • Phil 2:16 : 16 holding up the word of life; that I may have something to boast in the day of Christ, that I didn't run in vain nor labor in vain.
  • Gal 2:2 : 2 I went up by revelation, and I laid before them the Good News which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately before those who were respected, for fear that I might be running, or had run, in vain.
  • Rev 3:11 : 11 I am coming quickly! Hold firmly that which you have, so that no one takes your crown.
  • 2 Tim 4:7-8 : 7 I have fought the good fight. I have finished the course. I have kept the faith. 8 From now on, there is stored up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will give to me on that day; and not to me only, but also to all those who have loved his appearing.
  • Jas 1:12 : 12 Blessed is the man who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him.
  • Gal 5:7 : 7 You were running well! Who interfered with you that you 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 favor to men of skill; but time and chance happen to them all.
  • Jer 12:5 : 5 If you have run with the footmen, and they have wearied you, then how can you contend with horses? and though in a land of peace you are secure, yet how will you do in the pride of the Jordan?
  • Hos 12:10 : 10 I have also spoken to the prophets, and I have multiplied visions; and by the ministry of the prophets I have used parables.
  • Ps 19:5 : 5 which is as a bridegroom coming out of his room, like a strong man rejoicing to run his course.
  • Col 2:18 : 18 Let no one rob you of your prize by a voluntary humility and worshipping of the angels, dwelling in the things which he has not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,

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  • 1 Cor 9:25-27
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    25Every man who strives in the games exercises self-control in all things. Now they do it to receive a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible.

    26I therefore run like that, as not uncertainly. I fight like that, as not beating the air,

    27but I beat my body and bring it into submission, lest by any means, after I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected.

  • 2 Tim 2:4-6
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    4No soldier on duty entangles himself in the affairs of life, that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier.

    5Also, if anyone competes in athletics, he isn't crowned unless he has competed by the rules.

    6The farmers who labor must be the first to get a share of the crops.

  • Heb 12:1
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    1Therefore let us also, seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles 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 may attain to the resurrection from the dead.

    12Not that I have already obtained, or am already made perfect; but I press on, if it is so that I may take hold of that for which also I was taken hold of by Christ Jesus.

    13Brothers, I don't regard myself as yet having taken 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 for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

    15Let us therefore, as many as are perfect, think this way. If in anything you think otherwise, God will also reveal that to you.

    16Nevertheless, to the extent that we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule. Let us be of the same mind.

    17Brothers, be imitators together of me, and note those who walk this way, even as you have us for an example.

  • 1 Cor 9:22-23
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    22To the weak I became as weak, that I might gain the weak. I have become all things to all men, that I may by all means save some.

    23Now I do this for the sake of the Good News, that I may be a joint partaker of it.

  • Gal 5:7
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    7You were running well! Who interfered with you that you should not obey the truth?

  • 2 John 1:8
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    8Watch yourselves, that we don't lose the things which we have accomplished, but that we receive a full reward.

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

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

    8From now on, there is stored up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will give to me on that day; and not to me only, but also to all those who have loved his appearing.

  • Phil 2:16
    69%

    16holding up the word of life; that I may have something to boast in the day of Christ, that I didn't run in vain nor labor in vain.

  • 1 Tim 4:8
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    8For bodily exercise has some value, but godliness has value in all things, having the promise of the life which is now, and of that which is to come.

  • 2 Cor 5:9
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    9Therefore also we make it our aim, whether at home or absent, to be well pleasing to him.

  • 1 Cor 9:10-11
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    10or does he say it assuredly for our sake? Yes, it was written for our sake, because he who plows ought to plow in hope, and he who threshes in hope should partake of his hope.

    11If we sowed to you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we reap your fleshly things?

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

  • Gal 6:8-9
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    8For he who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption. But he who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.

    9Let us not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season, if we don't give up.

  • 2 Pet 1:10
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    10Therefore, brothers, be more diligent to make your calling and election sure. For if you do these things, you will never stumble.

  • 1 Cor 9:19
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    19For though I was free from all, I brought myself under bondage to all, that I might gain the more.

  • Phil 3:8
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    8Yes most certainly, and I count all things to be loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus, my Lord, for whom I suffered the loss of all things, and count them nothing but refuse, that I may gain Christ

  • Col 3:24
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    24knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance; for you serve the Lord Christ.

  • Col 1:29
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    29for which I also labor, striving according to his working, which works in me mightily.

  • 1 Cor 4:6-7
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    6Now these things, brothers, I have in a figure transferred to myself and Apollos for your sakes, that in us you might learn not to think beyond the things which are written, that none of you be puffed up against one another.

    7For who makes you different? And what do you have that you didn't receive? But if you did receive it, why do you boast as if you had not received it?

  • Heb 6:12
    66%

    12that you won't be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherited the promises.

  • 2 Cor 9:6
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    6Remember this: he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly. He who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.

  • Rom 2:7
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    7to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory, honor, and incorruptibility, eternal life;

  • 1 Cor 10:24
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    24Let no one seek his own, but each one his neighbor's good.

  • 1 Cor 9:15
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    15But I have used none of these things, and I don't write these things that it may be done so in my case; for I would rather die, than that anyone should make my boasting void.

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

  • 1 Cor 14:12
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    12So also you, since you are zealous for spiritual gifts, seek that you may abound to the building up of the assembly.

  • 1 Cor 10:33
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    33even as I also please all men in all things, not seeking my own profit, but the profit of the many, that they may be saved.

  • 1 Tim 4:15
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    15Be diligent in these things. Give yourself wholly to them, that your progress may be revealed to all.

  • 1 Pet 4:4
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    4They think it is strange that you don't run with them into the same excess of riot, blaspheming:

  • Phil 1:27
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    27Only let your way of life be worthy of the Good News of Christ, that, whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of your state, that you stand firm in one spirit, with one soul striving for the faith of the Good News;

  • 2 Pet 1:8
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    8For if these things are yours and abound, they make you to be not idle nor unfruitful to the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

  • Jas 1:12
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    12Blessed is the man who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him.

  • Col 1:10
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    10that you may walk worthily of the Lord, to please him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;