Thematic Bible: Ambition, worldly, examples of
Thematic Bible
Ambition » Ambition, worldly, examples of » Holy ambition, general references to
"You must struggle on to get in through the narrow door, for I tell you, many will try to get in, but will not succeed,
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Do you not know that in a race the runners all run, but only one can get the prize? You must run in such a way that you can get the prize.
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But you must earnestly continue to cultivate your higher spiritual gifts. And yet I will show you a way that is better by far:
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Keep on pursuing love, but still keep cultivating your spiritual gifts, especially the gift of prophesying.
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So, as you are ambitious for spiritual gifts, you must keep trying to excel for the upbuilding of the church.
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Brothers, I do not think that I have captured it yet, but here is my one aspiration, so forgetting what is behind me and reaching out for what is ahead of me, I am pressing onward toward the goal, to win the prize to which God through Jesus Christ is calling us upward.
Do your best to present yourself to God an approved workman who has nothing to be ashamed of, who properly presents the message of truth.
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Ambition » Ambition, worldly, examples of » Adonijah
Ambition » Ambition, worldly, examples of » The jews
How can you believe, you who are always accepting honor from one another, but never seek the honor that comes from the one God?
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the one who keeps up his opposition and so far exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, that he actually takes his seat in the sanctuary of God, proclaiming himself to be God.
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Ambition » Ambition, worldly, examples of » Absalom
Ambition » Ambition, worldly, examples of » The mother of james and john
And He asked her, "What do you want?" She answered Him, "Give orders that these two sons of mine may sit one at your right and one at your left in your kingdom."
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A curse on you Pharisees, because you like to have the front seats in synagogues, and to be greeted with honor in public places!
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Ambition » Ambition, worldly, examples of » Men after the flood
Ambition » Ambition, worldly, examples of » The disciples
There arose also among them a contention as to which one of them should rank as greatest.
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