Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Race » Foot race » Figurative
Do you not know that they who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? So run that you may obtain the prize.
You were running well! Who hindered you that you should not obey the truth?
Hold fast to the word of life so I may rejoice in the day of Christ. That way I will not have labored in vain.
A great cloud of witnesses surround us. Therefore let us lay aside every weight, and the sin that easily entangles us. Let us run with endurance the race that is set before us. Look to (consider without distractions) Jesus, the Leader (Predecessor) and Finisher (Perfecter) of our faith. He despised the shame. He endured the stake for the joy that was set before him. Then he sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
It comes out of its chamber like a bridegroom. Like a champion, it is eager to run its course.
I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift. The battle is not to the strong. Bread does not go to the wise, or riches to men of understanding. Men of skill do not always receive favor, but time and unexpected circumstance happens to them all.