2 Timothy 2:5

Webster's Bible (1833)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Cor 9:24-27 : 24 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. 25 Every 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. 26 I therefore run like that, as not uncertainly. I fight like that, as not beating the air, 27 but I beat my body and bring it into submission, lest by any means, after I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected.
  • 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.
  • 1 Pet 5:4 : 4 When the chief Shepherd is revealed, you will receive the crown of glory that doesn't fade away.
  • Rev 2:10 : 10 Don't be afraid of the things which you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested; and you will have oppression for ten days. Be faithful to death, and I will give you the crown of life.
  • Rev 3:11 : 11 I am coming quickly! Hold firmly that which you have, so that no one takes your crown.
  • Rev 4:10 : 10 the twenty-four elders fall down before him who sits on the throne, and worship him who lives forever and ever, and throw their crowns before the throne, saying,
  • Phil 1:15 : 15 Some indeed preach Christ even out of envy and strife, and some also out of good will.
  • Col 1:29 : 29 for which I also labor, striving according to his working, which works in me mightily.
  • 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.
  • Heb 2:7 : 7 You made him a little lower than the angels; You crowned him with glory and honor.{TR adds "and set him over the works of your hands"}
  • Heb 2:9 : 9 But we see him who has been made a little lower than the angels, Jesus, because of the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, that by the grace of God he should taste of death for everyone.
  • Heb 12:4 : 4 You have not yet resisted to blood, striving against sin;
  • Luke 13:24 : 24 "Strive to enter in by the narrow door, for many, I tell you, will seek to enter in, and will not be able.

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    24 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.

    25 Every 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.

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

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

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

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    3 You therefore must endure hardship, as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.

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  • 2 Tim 2:14-15
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    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.

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    21 If anyone therefore purges himself from these, he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified, and suitable for the master's use, prepared for every good work.

  • 2 Tim 4:7-8
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    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.

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    24 The Lord's servant must not quarrel, but be gentle towards all, able to teach, patient,

  • Rom 2:7
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  • Phil 3:12
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    12 Not 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.

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    58 Therefore, 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.

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

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    14 If any man's work remains which he built on it, he will receive a reward.

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    11 But you, man of God, flee these things, and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, and gentleness.

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    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.

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    8 For bodily exercise has some value, but godliness has value for all things, having the promise of the life which is now, and of that which is to come.

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

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    8 But we know that the law is good, if a man uses it lawfully,

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

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

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    20 Let each man stay in that calling in which he was called.

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    3 If anyone teaches a different doctrine, and doesn't consent to sound words, the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness,

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    5 (but if a man doesn't know how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the assembly of God?)

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    10 Therefore, brothers,{The word for "brothers" here and where context allows may also be correctly translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."} be more diligent to make your calling and election sure. For if you do these things, you will never stumble.

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    4 You have not yet resisted to blood, striving against sin;

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    5 But you be sober in all things, suffer hardship, do the work of an evangelist, and fulfill your ministry.

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    4 When the chief Shepherd is revealed, you will receive the crown of glory that doesn't fade away.

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