17 Bible Verses about games
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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; and every one who is striving, is in all things temperate; these, indeed, then, that a corruptible crown they may receive, but we an incorruptible; I, therefore, thus run, not as uncertainly, thus I fight, as not beating air;
and now, take up, I pray thee, thy instruments, thy quiver, and thy bow, and go out to the field, and hunt for me provision,
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;
Neither become ye idolaters, as certain of them, as it hath been written, 'The people sat down to eat and to drink, and stood up to play;'
and Isaac loveth Esau, for his hunting is in his mouth; and Rebekah is loving Jacob.
Bring for me provision, and make for me tasteful things, and I do eat, and bless thee before Jehovah before my death.
the good strife I have striven, the course I have finished, the faith I have kept,
And after these things, Paul having departed out of Athens, came to Corinth,
When I was a babe, as a babe I was speaking, as a babe I was thinking, as a babe I was reasoning, and when I have become a man, I have made useless the things of the babe;
And mocking him also were the soldiers, coming near and offering vinegar to him,
And having crucified him, they divided his garments, casting a lot, that it might be fulfilled that was spoken by the prophet, 'They divided my garments to themselves, and over my vesture they cast a lot;'
From Thematic Bible
Games » Figurative » Of the Christian life
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;
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;
to the mark I pursue for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
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,
Games » Foot races
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;
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;
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;
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,
Games » Figurative » Fighting wild "beasts", of spiritual conflict
if after the manner of a man with wild beasts I fought in Ephesus, what the advantage to me if the dead do not rise? let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we die!
the good strife I have striven, the course I have finished, the faith I have kept,
for I think that God did set forth us the apostles last -- as appointed to death, because a spectacle we became to the world, and messengers, and men;
Games » Gladiatorial
if after the manner of a man with wild beasts I fought in Ephesus, what the advantage to me if the dead do not rise? let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we die!
the good strife I have striven, the course I have finished, the faith I have kept,
faithful is God, through whom ye were called to the fellowship of His Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
Games » Figurative » Of a successful ministry
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;
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;
Topics on Games
Games, Spiritual
1 Corinthians 9:26I, therefore, thus run, not as uncertainly, thus I fight, as not beating air;
