2 Timothy 2:4
A soldier in active service avoids entangling himself in the every-day affairs of life, so that he may please his commander.
2 Peter 2:20
For if, after having escaped the pollutions of the world, through the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, men are again entangled in them and overpowered, their last state is become worse than their first.
Luke 8:14
"And that which fell upon thorns is those who have heard, but as they go on their way of word is choked with the cares and riches and pleasures of life; so they bring no fruit of perfection.
Luke 9:59-62
To another he said, "Follow me!" But he replied, "Permit me first to go and bury my father."
1 Corinthians 7:22-23
For the slave who has been called in the Lord is the Lord's freedman; and in the same way, the free man who is called is Christ's slave.
1 Corinthians 9:25-26
Every man who contends in the games continually trains himself by all manner of self-restraint. Now they do it to get a fading garland, but we, one that is unfading.
2 Corinthians 5:9
And for this reason I also make it home with the Lord.
1 Thessalonians 2:4
But as my fitness to be entrusted with the gospel has been tested and approved by God, I so speak, not to please men, but to please God, who is testing my motives.
1 Timothy 6:9-12
Those who desire to be rich fall into the snares of temptation and many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.
2 Timothy 4:10
for Demas has deserted me for love of this present world, and is gone to Thessalonica; Crescens is gone to Galatia; Titus to Dalmatia.