Philippians 3:13
Brothers, I do not regard myself to have yet laid hold of it; but this one thing I do, forgetting what is behind me, but straining every nerve toward that which lies ahead,
Luke 9:62
But Jesus answered him, "No man who puts his hand to the plow and then looks back, is fit for the kingdom of God."
Philippians 3:12
I do not say that I have already won, or am already perfect, but I am passing on to lay hold on the prize for which also Christ has laid hold of me.
Hebrews 6:1
So let us get beyond the teaching of the elementary doctrines of Christ, and let us be borne along toward what is mature. Let us not be continually laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works,
Hebrews 12:1-2
Seeing then that we are encircled with this great cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and the sin that clings about us. Let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
Luke 10:42
"only one thing is really necessary. Mary, moreover, has chosen that good part which shall not be taken away from her."
Romans 15:23-29
But now, since I have no more any "opening" in these parts, and since I have longed for many years to come to you
1 Corinthians 9:24-27
Do you not know that in a foot-race, though all run, only one receives the prize? So run that you may win.
2 Corinthians 5:16
Therefore henceforth I know no one simply as a man??ven if I have known Christ as a man, yet now I do so no longer.
Philippians 1:18-21
What of it? In any case, whether in pretence or in honest truth, Christ is still preached, and in that I am rejoicing, yes, and will rejoice.
Philippians 2:12
And so, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence, with reverence and self-distrust work out your own salvation;
Philippians 3:8
In very truth I count all things but loss compared to the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things, and esteem them but refuse that I may gain Christ,
Philippians 4:11-13
Not that I speak as if I were in want, for at least have learned how to be content, whatever happens.
2 Peter 3:8
Do not forget this one thing, beloved, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.