Philippians 3:14
I am pressing toward the goal, for the prize to which God through Christ Jesus calls us upward.
1 Peter 5:10
And God, the giver of all mercy, who through your union with Christ has called you to his eternal glory, after you have suffered a little while will himself make you perfect, steadfast, and strong.
1 Corinthians 9:24
Do you not know that in a race the runners all compete, but only one wins the prize? That is the way you must run, so as to win.
Luke 16:16
Until John came, it was the Law and the Prophets. From that time the Kingdom of God has been proclaimed, and everyone has been crowding into it.
Romans 8:28-30
We know that in everything God works with those who love him, whom he has called in accordance with his purpose, to bring about what is good.
Romans 9:23-24
so as to show all the wealth of his glory in dealing with the objects of his mercy, whom he has prepared from the beginning to share his glory,
2 Corinthians 4:17-1
For this slight, momentary trouble is piling up for me an eternal blessedness beyond all comparison,
1 Thessalonians 2:12
to make your lives worthy of God who invites you into his kingdom and his glory.
2 Thessalonians 2:13-14
We always have to thank God for you, brothers whom the Lord so loves, because God chose you from the beginning to be saved through consecration by the Spirit and through faith in the truth,
2 Timothy 4:7-8
I have had a part in the great contest, I have run my race, I have preserved my faith.
Hebrews 3:1
Therefore, my fellow-Christians, who have likewise heard the heavenly invitation, observe how faithful Jesus, the commissioner and high priest of our religion,
Hebrews 6:1
Let us therefore leave elementary Christian teaching alone and advance toward maturity. We must not be always relaying foundations, of repentance for wrong-doing, and of faith in God,
1 Peter 1:3-4
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has caused us to be born anew to a life of hope through Jesus Christ's resurrection from the dead,
1 Peter 1:13
Therefore, prepare your minds for action, and with perfect calmness fix your hopes on the mercy that you are to experience when Jesus Christ is revealed.
2 Peter 1:3
For his divine power has given us every requisite for life and piety, through our coming to know him who through his glory and excellence called us to him.
Revelation 3:21
I will permit him who is victorious to take his seat beside me on my throne, just as I have been victorious and taken my seat beside my Father on his throne.