Hebrews 12:1
Therefore, surrounded as we are by such a vast cloud of witnesses, let us fling aside every encumbrance and the sin that so readily entangles our feet. And let us run with patient endurance the race that lies before us,
Luke 21:34
"But take heed to yourselves, lest your souls be weighed down with self-indulgence and drunkenness or the anxieties of this life, and that day come upon you, suddenly, like a falling trap;
Matthew 10:37-38
Any one who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and any one who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me;
Luke 8:14-15
That which fell among the thorns means those who have heard, but as they go on their way, the Message is stifled by the anxieties, wealth and gaieties of time, and they yield nothing in perfection.
Luke 14:26-33
"If any one is coming to me who does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes and his own life also, he cannot be a disciple of mine.
Romans 13:11-14
Carry out these injunctions because you know the critical period at which we are living, and that it is now high time, to rouse yourselves from sleep; for salvation is now nearer to us than when we first became believers.
1 Corinthians 9:24-27
Do you not know that in the foot-race the runners all run, but that only one gets the prize? You must run like him, in order to win with certainty.
2 Corinthians 7:1
Having therefore these promises, beloved friends, let us purify ourselves from all defilement of body and of spirit, and secure perfect holiness through the fear of God.
Galatians 5:7
You were running the race nobly! Who has interfered and caused you to swerve from the truth?
Ephesians 4:22-24
to put away, in regard to your former mode of life, your original evil nature which is doomed to perish as befits its misleading impulses,
Philippians 2:16
holding out to them a Message of Life. It will then be my glory on the day of Christ that I did not run my race in vain nor toil in vain.
Philippians 3:10-14
I long to know Christ and the power which is in His resurrection, and to share in His sufferings and die even as He died;
Colossians 3:5-8
Therefore put to death your earthward inclinations--fornication, impurity, sensual passion, unholy desire, and all greed, for that is a form of idolatry.
2 Timothy 4:7
I have gone through the glorious contest; I have run the race; I have guarded the faith.
Hebrews 10:35-39
Therefore do not cast from you your confident hope, for it will receive a vast reward.
1 John 2:15-16
Do not love the world, nor the things in the world. If any one loves the world, there is no love in his heart for the Father.
Revelation 3:10
Because in spite of suffering you have guarded My word, I in turn will guard you from that hour of trial which is soon coming upon the whole world, to put to the test the inhabitants of the earth.
Matthew 24:13
but those who stand firm to the End shall be saved.
Luke 9:59-62
"Follow me," He said to another. "Master," the man replied, "allow me first to go and bury my father."
Luke 12:15
And to the people He said, "Take care, be on your guard against all covetousness, for no one's life consists in the superabundance of his possessions."
Luke 16:28
For I have five brothers. Let him earnestly warn them, lest they also come to this place of torment.'
Luke 18:22-25
On receiving this answer Jesus said to him, "There is still one thing wanting in you. Sell everything you possess and give the money to the poor, and you shall have wealth in Heaven; and then come, follow me."
John 3:32
What He has seen and heard, to that He bears witness; but His testimony no one receives.
John 4:39
Of the Samaritan population of that town a good many believed in Him because of the woman's statement when she declared, "He has told me all that I have ever done."
John 4:44
though Jesus Himself declared that a Prophet has no honour in his own country.
Romans 2:7
to those on the one hand who, by lives of persistent right-doing, are striving for glory, honour and immortality, the Life of the Ages;
Romans 5:3-5
And not only so: we also exult in our sufferings, knowing as we do, that suffering produces fortitude;
Romans 8:24-25
It is *in hope* that we have been saved. But an object of hope is such no longer when it is present to view; for when a man has a thing before his eyes, how can he be said to hope for it?
Romans 12:12
full of joyful hope, patient under persecution, earnest and persistent in prayer.
1 Timothy 6:9-10
But people who are determined to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many unwise and pernicious ways which sink mankind in destruction and ruin.
2 Timothy 2:4
Every one who serves as a soldier keeps himself from becoming entangled in the world's business--so that he may satisfy the officer who enlisted him.
Hebrews 6:15
And so, as the result of patient waiting, our forefather obtained what God had promised.
Hebrews 11:2-38
For by it the saints of old won God's approval.
James 1:3
Be assured that the testing of your faith leads to power of endurance.
James 5:7-11
Be patient therefore, brethren, until the Coming of the Lord. Notice how eagerly a farmer waits for a valuable crop! He is patient over it till it has received the early and the later rain.
1 Peter 2:1
Rid yourselves therefore of all ill-will and all deceitfulness, of insincerity and envy, and of all evil speaking.
1 Peter 4:2
that in future you may spend the rest of your earthly lives, governed not by human passions, but by the will of God.
1 Peter 5:12
I send this short letter by Silas, our faithful brother--for such I regard him--in order to encourage you, and to bear witness that what I have told you is the true grace of God. In it stand fast.
2 Peter 1:6
along with knowledge, self-control; along with self-control, power of endurance;
Revelation 1:9
I John, your brother, and a sharer with you in the sorrows and Kingship and patient endurance of Jesus, found myself in the island of Patmos, on account of the Word of God and the truth told us by Jesus.
Revelation 13:10
If any one is eager to lead others into captivity, he must himself go into captivity. If any one is bent on killing with the sword, he must himself be killed by the sword. Here is an opportunity for endurance, and for the exercise of faith, on the part of God's people.
Revelation 22:16
"I Jesus have sent My angel for him solemnly to declare these things to you among the Churches. I am the Root and the offspring of David, the bright Morning Star.
Matthew 10:22
And you will be objects of universal hatred because you are called by my name; but he who holds out to the End--he will be saved.