John 3:29
It is the bridegroom who has the bride; but the bridegroom's friend who stands outside and listens for his voice is very glad when he hears the bridegroom speak. So this happiness of mine is now complete.
1 Corinthians 9:24-26
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.
Philippians 3:13-14
Brothers, I do not consider that I have captured it yet, only, forgetting what is behind me, and straining toward what lies ahead,
Hebrews 12:1-2
Therefore, let us too, with such a crowd of witnesses about us, throw off every impediment and the entanglement of sin, and run with determination the race for which we are entered,