Philippians 3:13
Brothers, I for one do not consider myself to have appropriated this; my one thought is, by forgetting what lies behind me and straining to what lies before me,
Luke 9:62
Jesus said to him, "No one is any use to the Reign of God who puts his hand to the plough and then looks behind him."
Philippians 3:12
Not that I have already attained this or am already perfect, but I press forward to appropriate it, because I have been appropriated myself by Christ Jesus.
Hebrews 6:1
Let us pass on then to what is mature, leaving elementary Christian doctrine behind, instead of laying the foundation over again with repentance from dead works, with faith in God,
Hebrews 12:1-2
Therefore, with all this host of witnesses encircling us, we must strip off every handicap, strip off sin with its clinging folds, to run our appointed course steadily,
Luke 10:42
Mary has chosen the best dish, and she is not to be dragged away from it."
Romans 15:23-29
But now, as I have no further scope for work in these parts, and as for a number of years I have had a longing to visit you
1 Corinthians 9:24-27
Do you not know that in a race, though all run, only one man gains the prize? Run so as to win the prize.
2 Corinthians 5:16
Once convinced of this, then, I estimate no one by what is external; even though I once estimated Christ by what is external, I no longer estimate him thus.
Philippians 1:18-21
What does it matter? Anyhow, for ulterior ends or honestly, Christ is being proclaimed, and I rejoice over that; yes and I will rejoice over it.
Philippians 2:12
Therefore, my beloved, as you have been obedient always and not simply when I was present, so, now that I am absent, work all the more strenuously at your salvation with reverence and trembling,
Philippians 3:8
indeed I count anything a loss, compared to the supreme value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have lost everything (I count it all the veriest refuse) in order to gain Christ
Philippians 4:11-13
Not that I complain of want, for I have learned how to be content wherever I am.
2 Peter 3:8
Beloved, you must not ignore this one fact, that with the Lord a single day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a single day.