1 Corinthians 9:25

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1 Corinthians 9:25

Everyone who enters an athletic contest practices self-control in everything. They do it to win a wreath that withers away, but we run to win a prize that never fades.

James 1:12

How blessed is the man who endures temptation! When he has passed the test, he will receive the victor's crown of life that God has promised to those who keep on loving him.

Don't be afraid of what you are going to suffer. Look! The Devil is going to throw some of you into prison so that you may be tested. For ten days you will undergo suffering. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the victor's crown of life.

1 Timothy 6:12

Fight the good fight for the faith. Keep holding on to eternal life, to which you were called and about which you gave a good testimony in front of many witnesses.

2 Timothy 2:5

Moreover, no one who is an athlete wins a prize unless he competes according to the rules.

2 Timothy 4:7-8

I have fought the good fight. I have completed the race. I have kept the faith.

1 Peter 5:4

Then, when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the victor's crown of glory that will never fade away.

Revelation 3:11

I am coming soon! Hold on to what you have so that no one takes your victor's crown.

1 Corinthians 15:54

Now, when what is decaying is clothed with what cannot decay, and what is dying is clothed with what cannot die, then the written word will be fulfilled: "Death has been swallowed up by victory!"

Galatians 5:23

gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against such things.

Ephesians 6:12-18

For our struggle is not against human opponents, but against rulers, authorities, cosmic powers in the darkness around us, and evil spiritual forces in the heavenly realm.

Titus 1:8

Instead, he must be hospitable to strangers, must appreciate what is good, and be sensible, honest, moral, and self-controlled.

Titus 2:2

Older men are to be sober, serious, sensible, and sound in faith, love, and endurance.

Hebrews 12:4

In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.

Hebrews 12:28

Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful and worship God in reverence and fear in a way that pleases him.

1 Peter 1:4

and to an inheritance kept in heaven for you that can't be destroyed, corrupted, or changed.

2 Peter 1:6

your knowledge with self-control, your self-control with endurance, your endurance with godliness,

Revelation 4:4

Around the throne were 24 other thrones, and on these thrones sat 24 elders wearing white robes and gold victor's crowns on their heads.

Revelation 4:10

the 24 elders bow down and worship in front of the one who sits on the throne, the one who lives forever and ever. They throw their victor's crowns in front of the throne and say,

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Summary

1 Corinthians 9:25

And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.

Striveth

Hebrews 12:4

Temperate

But

General references

Luke 22:29

Bible References

Striveth

For our struggle is not against human opponents, but against rulers, authorities, cosmic powers in the darkness around us, and evil spiritual forces in the heavenly realm.

Fight the good fight for the faith. Keep holding on to eternal life, to which you were called and about which you gave a good testimony in front of many witnesses.

Moreover, no one who is an athlete wins a prize unless he competes according to the rules.

I have fought the good fight. I have completed the race. I have kept the faith.

In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.

Temperate

gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against such things.

Instead, he must be hospitable to strangers, must appreciate what is good, and be sensible, honest, moral, and self-controlled.

Older men are to be sober, serious, sensible, and sound in faith, love, and endurance.

your knowledge with self-control, your self-control with endurance, your endurance with godliness,

But

Now, when what is decaying is clothed with what cannot decay, and what is dying is clothed with what cannot die, then the written word will be fulfilled: "Death has been swallowed up by victory!"

The victor's crown of righteousness is now waiting for me, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to me on the day that he comes, and not only to me but also to all who eagerly wait for his appearing.

Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful and worship God in reverence and fear in a way that pleases him.

How blessed is the man who endures temptation! When he has passed the test, he will receive the victor's crown of life that God has promised to those who keep on loving him.

and to an inheritance kept in heaven for you that can't be destroyed, corrupted, or changed.

Then, when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the victor's crown of glory that will never fade away.

I am coming soon! Hold on to what you have so that no one takes your victor's crown.

Around the throne were 24 other thrones, and on these thrones sat 24 elders wearing white robes and gold victor's crowns on their heads.

General references

And I confer a kingdom on you, just as my Father has conferred a kingdom on me,