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The Roman empire » Allusions to grecian game adapted by » Foot races
Do not you know that on a race-course, though all run, yet only one wins the prize? Run in such a way that you may win.
Offering to men the Message of Life; and then I shall be able at the Day of Christ to boast that I did not run my course for nothing, or toil for nothing.
Seeing, therefore, that there is on every side of us such a throng of witnesses, let us also lay aside everything that hinders us, and the sin that clings about us, and run with patient endurance the race that lies before us, our eyes fixed upon Jesus, the Leader and perfect Example of our faith, who, for the joy that lay before him, endured the cross, heedless of its shame, and now 'has taken his seat at the right hand' of the throne of God.
In the hope that, if I become like him in death, I may possibly attain to the resurrection from the dead. Not that I have already laid hold of it, or that I am already made perfect. But I press on, in the hope of actually laying hold of that for which indeed I was laid hold of by Christ Jesus. For I, Brothers, do not regard myself as having yet laid hold of it. But this one thing I do--forgetting what lies behind, and straining every nerve for that which lies in front, read more.
I press on to the goal, to gain the prize of that heavenward Call which God gave me through Christ Jesus.
I press on to the goal, to gain the prize of that heavenward Call which God gave me through Christ Jesus.
The Roman empire » Allusions to grecian game adapted by » Crowning of conquerors
I press on to the goal, to gain the prize of that heavenward Call which God gave me through Christ Jesus.
And now the crown of righteousness awaits me, which the Lord, the just Judge, will give me on 'That Day'--and not only to me, but to all who have loved his Appearing.
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Day of the LORDGod, As JudgeCrowns Of ChristiansAmbition, positive aspects ofenemies, of believersGod, Righteousness OfThe Christian RaceHeavenly RewardsHope, As ConfidenceJustice, In Believers' LivesLast JudgmentPrizesSalvation, Nature OfSelf DisciplineServants, Working Conditions OfStoringThirstDeath Of The Saints, Results In
Every athlete exercises self-restraint in everything; they, indeed, for a crown that fades, we for one that is unfading.
The Roman empire » Allusions to grecian game adapted by » Training of combatants
No, I bruise my body and make it my slave, lest I, who have called others to the contest, should myself be rejected.
Every athlete exercises self-restraint in everything; they, indeed, for a crown that fades, we for one that is unfading.
The Roman empire » Allusions to grecian game adapted by » Gladiatorial fights
If with only human hopes I had fought in the arena at Ephesus, what should I have gained by it? If the dead do not rise, then-'Let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we shall die'!
For, as it seems to me, God has exhibited us, the Apostles, last of all, as men doomed to death. We are made a spectacle to the universe, both to angels and to men!
The Roman empire » Allusions to grecian game adapted by » Wrestling
For ours is no struggle against enemies of flesh and blood, but against all the various Powers of Evil that hold sway in the Darkness around us, against the Spirits of Wickedness on high.
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The Roman empire » Allusions to grecian game adapted by » Rules observed in conducting
No athlete is ever awarded the wreath of victory unless he has kept the rules.
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