Thematic Bible: Ambition, worldly, examples of
Thematic Bible
Ambition » Ambition, worldly, examples of » Holy ambition, general references to
"Strive to go in by the small door. Many, I tell you, will seek to go in, but they will not be able,
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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.
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Strive for the greater gifts. Yet I can still show you a way beyond all comparison the best.
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Seek this Love earnestly, and strive for spiritual gifts, above all for the gift of preaching.
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And so with you; since your are striving for spiritual gifts, be eager to excel in such as will build up the faith of the Church.
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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, I press on to the goal, to gain the prize of that heavenward Call which God gave me through Christ Jesus.
Do your utmost to show yourself true to God, a workman with no reason to be ashamed, accurate in delivering the Message of the Truth.
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Ambition » Ambition, worldly, examples of » Adonijah
Ambition » Ambition, worldly, examples of » The jews
How can you believe in me, when you receive honor from one another and do not desire the honor which comes from the only God?
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Who so opposes himself to every one that is spoken of as a God or as an object of worship, and so exalts himself above them, that he seats himself in the Temple of God, and displays himself as God!
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Ambition » Ambition, worldly, examples of » Absalom
Ambition » Ambition, worldly, examples of » The mother of james and john
"What is it that you want?" he asked. "I want you to say," she replied, "that in your Kingdom these two sons of mine may sit, one on your right, and the other on your left."
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Alas for you Pharisees! You delight to have the front seat in the Synagogues, and to be greeted in the markets with respect.
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Ambition » Ambition, worldly, examples of » Men after the flood
Ambition » Ambition, worldly, examples of » The disciples
And a dispute arose among them as to which of them was to be regarded as the greatest.
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