John 3:29
The one having the bride is the Bridegroom: but the friend of the Bridegroom is the one standing and hearing him, rejoiceth with joy on account of the Bridegroom: This, my joy has been made complete.
1 Corinthians 9:24-26
Do you not know that those running in the stadium, indeed all run, and one receives the prize? So run, that you may receive it.
Philippians 3:13-14
Brethren, I do not consider that I have yet received it;
Hebrews 12:1-2
Therefore let us indeed, having around us so great a cloud of witnesses, having laid aside every weight, and the sin that doth so easily beset us, run with patience the race which is set before us,