Verse 24

have ye not known that those running in a race -- all indeed run, but one doth receive the prize? so run ye, that ye may obtain;

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Cor 9:26 : 26 I, therefore, thus run, not as uncertainly, thus I fight, as not beating air;
  • Heb 12:1 : 1 Therefore, we also having so great a cloud of witnesses set around us, every weight having put off, and the closely besetting sin, through endurance may we run the contest that is set before us,
  • Phil 3:14 : 14 to the mark I pursue for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
  • Phil 2:16 : 16 the word of life holding forth, for rejoicing to me in regard to a day of Christ, that not in vain did I run, nor in vain did I labour;
  • Gal 2:2 : 2 and I went up by revelation, and did submit to them the good news that I preach among the nations, and privately to those esteemed, lest in vain I might run or did run;
  • Rev 3:11 : 11 Lo, I come quickly, be holding fast that which thou hast, that no one may receive thy crown.
  • 2 Tim 4:7-8 : 7 the good strife I have striven, the course I have finished, the faith I have kept, 8 henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of the righteousness that the Lord -- the Righteous Judge -- shall give to me in that day, and not only to me, but also to all those loving his manifestation.
  • Jas 1:12 : 12 Happy the man who doth endure temptation, because, becoming approved, he shall receive the crown of the life, which the Lord did promise to those loving Him.
  • Gal 5:7 : 7 Ye were running well; who did hinder you -- not to obey the truth?
  • Eccl 9:11 : 11 I have turned so as to see under the sun, that not to the swift `is' the race, nor to the mighty the battle, nor even to the wise bread, nor even to the intelligent wealth, nor even to the skilful grace, for time and chance happen with them all.
  • Jer 12:5 : 5 For -- with footmen thou hast run, And they weary thee, And how dost thou fret thyself with horses! Even in the land of peace, `In which' thou art confident -- And how dost thou in the rising of Jordan!
  • Hos 12:10 : 10 And I have spoken unto the prophets, And I have multiplied vision, And by the hand of the prophets I use similes.
  • Ps 19:5 : 5 And he, as a bridegroom, goeth out from his covering, He rejoiceth as a mighty one To run the path.
  • Col 2:18 : 18 let no one beguile you of your prize, delighting in humble-mindedness and `in' worship of the messengers, intruding into the things he hath not seen, being vainly puffed up by the mind of his flesh,