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Athletics » The Christian life compared to a foot-race » Hindrances to the runner
You ran well; who hindered you from obeying the truth?
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holding fast the word of life, for my glorying in the day of Christ, that I did not run in vain, nor labor in vain.
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Christian ministers » Success attending » Paul
The signs of an apostle were performed among you with all patience, in miracles, and prodigies, and mighty works.
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that our gospel came not to you in word only, but with power and with the Holy Spirit and with full assurance, as you know what we were among you for your sakes.
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holding fast the word of life, for my glorying in the day of Christ, that I did not run in vain, nor labor in vain.
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And Paul stood up, and motioning with his hand, said, Men of Israel, and you that fear God, hear. The God of this people chose our fathers, and raised up the people in the exile in the land of Egypt, and brought them out of it with a high arm. And when he had borne with their conduct forty years in the wilderness, read more.
and had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, he distributed their land to them by lot. And after this he gave judges four hundred and fifty years till Samuel the prophet. And then they asked for a king, and God gave them Saul the son Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, forty years; and removing him, he raised up for them David for a king, of whom also he said and testified, I have found David, the son of Jesse, a man after my heart, who will do all my will. Of the posterity of this man, according to his promise, has God raised up to Israel a Saviour, Jesus; John having preached before his coming the baptism of a change of mind to all the people of Israel. And when John completed his course, he said, Who do you suppose I am? I am not [the Christ]; but behold, there comes after me one the sandal of whose feet I am not worthy to untie. Men and brothers, children of the race of Abraham, and you that fear God, the word of this salvation is sent to you. For those living at Jerusalem, and their rulers, not knowing him and the words of the prophets which are read every sabbath, fulfilled them by condemning [him]; and [although] they found no cause of death [in him], they requested of Pilate that he might be destroyed; and when they had performed all things written of him, they took him down from the cross and placed him in a tomb. But God raised him from the dead, and he appeared many days to those who went up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are now his witnesses to the people. And we declare to you the good news of the promise made to the fathers, that God has fulfilled this to us their children in raising up Jesus, as it is written also in the first psalm, You are my son, to-day have I begotten you. And that he raised him from the dead never more to return to destruction, he said thus; I will give you the sure promises of David. Wherefore also in another place he says, Thou wilt not suffer thy holy one to see destruction. For David, having in his generation served the will of God, fell asleep, and was gathered to his fathers and saw destruction; but he whom God raised up saw not destruction. Be it known to you therefore, men and brothers, that through this man is preached to you the forgiveness of sins, and every one who believes is justified by him from all things from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses. See then that what is said by the prophets does not come upon you; Behold, despisers, and wonder and perish, for I perform a work in your days, a work which you shall by no means believe even if one declares it to you. And when they had gone out, [the people] requested that these words might be spoken to them on the next sabbath. And the congregation being dismissed, many of the Jews and pious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who gave them additional instructions, and persuaded them to continue in the grace of God.
and had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, he distributed their land to them by lot. And after this he gave judges four hundred and fifty years till Samuel the prophet. And then they asked for a king, and God gave them Saul the son Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, forty years; and removing him, he raised up for them David for a king, of whom also he said and testified, I have found David, the son of Jesse, a man after my heart, who will do all my will. Of the posterity of this man, according to his promise, has God raised up to Israel a Saviour, Jesus; John having preached before his coming the baptism of a change of mind to all the people of Israel. And when John completed his course, he said, Who do you suppose I am? I am not [the Christ]; but behold, there comes after me one the sandal of whose feet I am not worthy to untie. Men and brothers, children of the race of Abraham, and you that fear God, the word of this salvation is sent to you. For those living at Jerusalem, and their rulers, not knowing him and the words of the prophets which are read every sabbath, fulfilled them by condemning [him]; and [although] they found no cause of death [in him], they requested of Pilate that he might be destroyed; and when they had performed all things written of him, they took him down from the cross and placed him in a tomb. But God raised him from the dead, and he appeared many days to those who went up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are now his witnesses to the people. And we declare to you the good news of the promise made to the fathers, that God has fulfilled this to us their children in raising up Jesus, as it is written also in the first psalm, You are my son, to-day have I begotten you. And that he raised him from the dead never more to return to destruction, he said thus; I will give you the sure promises of David. Wherefore also in another place he says, Thou wilt not suffer thy holy one to see destruction. For David, having in his generation served the will of God, fell asleep, and was gathered to his fathers and saw destruction; but he whom God raised up saw not destruction. Be it known to you therefore, men and brothers, that through this man is preached to you the forgiveness of sins, and every one who believes is justified by him from all things from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses. See then that what is said by the prophets does not come upon you; Behold, despisers, and wonder and perish, for I perform a work in your days, a work which you shall by no means believe even if one declares it to you. And when they had gone out, [the people] requested that these words might be spoken to them on the next sabbath. And the congregation being dismissed, many of the Jews and pious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who gave them additional instructions, and persuaded them to continue in the grace of God.
For if you have ten thousand teachers in Christ still you have not many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you by the gospel.
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If I am not an apostle to others, I certainly am to you; for you are a seal of my apostleship in the Lord.
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Whether therefore it is I or they, so we preach, and so you believed.
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You are our epistle, written by our hearts, known and read by all men, for you are manifestly an epistle of Christ delivered by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of hearts of flesh.
for though he was crucified in weakness, yet he lives by the power of God; and we also are weak in him, but live with him by the power of God in you.
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Christian race » The Christian life compared to a foot-race » Hindrances to the runner
You ran well; who hindered you from obeying the truth?
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holding fast the word of life, for my glorying in the day of Christ, that I did not run in vain, nor labor in vain.
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Games » Figurative » Of the Christian life
Know you not that those who run in the race all indeed run, but one takes the prize. So run that you may obtain.
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You ran well; who hindered you from obeying the truth?
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holding fast the word of life, for my glorying in the day of Christ, that I did not run in vain, nor labor in vain.
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I press forward to the mark for the prize of the high call of God in Christ Jesus.
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Therefore also we, having so great a cloud of witnesses lying around us, laying aside every impediment and sin which entirely surrounds us, let us run with patience the race set before us,
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I therefore so run, not as uncertainly, and so strike, not as one who beats the air;
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Games » Foot races
Know you not that those who run in the race all indeed run, but one takes the prize. So run that you may obtain.
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and I went up by a revelation, and proposed to them the gospel which I preach to the gentiles, but privately to persons of distinction, lest I should run or had run in vain.
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holding fast the word of life, for my glorying in the day of Christ, that I did not run in vain, nor labor in vain.
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Therefore also we, having so great a cloud of witnesses lying around us, laying aside every impediment and sin which entirely surrounds us, let us run with patience the race set before us,
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I therefore so run, not as uncertainly, and so strike, not as one who beats the air;
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Games » Figurative » Of a successful ministry
and I went up by a revelation, and proposed to them the gospel which I preach to the gentiles, but privately to persons of distinction, lest I should run or had run in vain.
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holding fast the word of life, for my glorying in the day of Christ, that I did not run in vain, nor labor in vain.
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Gospel » Called » Word of life
holding fast the word of life, for my glorying in the day of Christ, that I did not run in vain, nor labor in vain.
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The gospel » Is called the » Word of life
holding fast the word of life, for my glorying in the day of Christ, that I did not run in vain, nor labor in vain.
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Joy » Ministers should » Desire to render an account with
holding fast the word of life, for my glorying in the day of Christ, that I did not run in vain, nor labor in vain.
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Obey your guides and be in subjection; for they watch for your souls as having to give an account, that they may do this with joy and not with grief; for this is unprofitable for you.
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Joy » Soul-winners' » Thrills the church
holding fast the word of life, for my glorying in the day of Christ, that I did not run in vain, nor labor in vain.
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They, therefore, being sent forward by the church, went to Phenicia and Samaria, relating the conversion of the gentiles, and caused great joy to all the brothers.
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Missionaries » In their intercourse with the world
Let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works, and glorify your father in heaven.
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having your conduct honorable among the gentiles, that wherein they speak against you as evil-doers, from the good works which they see they may glorify God in the day of visitation,
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that you may be blameless and sincere, children of God without blame in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine as luminaries in the world, holding fast the word of life, for my glorying in the day of Christ, that I did not run in vain, nor labor in vain.
Names » Of the word of God » Word
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching with all wisdom, and admonishing one another, with psalms, hymns, spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to God,
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Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a workman that will not be put to shame, rightly dividing the word of truth.
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holding fast the word of life, for my glorying in the day of Christ, that I did not run in vain, nor labor in vain.
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as new born babes desire earnestly the pure milk of the word, that you may grow by it to salvation,
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And he said, Yes indeed, blessed are those that hear the word of God and keep it.
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Wherefore, laying aside all filthiness and abounding vice, receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
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Race » Foot race » Figurative
Know you not that those who run in the race all indeed run, but one takes the prize. So run that you may obtain.
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You ran well; who hindered you from obeying the truth?
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holding fast the word of life, for my glorying in the day of Christ, that I did not run in vain, nor labor in vain.
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Therefore also we, having so great a cloud of witnesses lying around us, laying aside every impediment and sin which entirely surrounds us, let us run with patience the race set before us, looking to the chief guide and perfecter of the faith, Jesus, who for the joy set before him despised the shame and endured the cross, and sat down on the right hand of God.
The Roman empire » Allusions to grecian game adapted by » Foot races
Know you not that those who run in the race all indeed run, but one takes the prize. So run that you may obtain.
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holding fast the word of life, for my glorying in the day of Christ, that I did not run in vain, nor labor in vain.
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Therefore also we, having so great a cloud of witnesses lying around us, laying aside every impediment and sin which entirely surrounds us, let us run with patience the race set before us, looking to the chief guide and perfecter of the faith, Jesus, who for the joy set before him despised the shame and endured the cross, and sat down on the right hand of God.
that I may attain the resurrection from the dead. Not that I have already obtained it, or have been already made perfect; but I follow on that I may attain that for which also I was arrested by Christ. I consider not myself, brothers, to have attained it; but this one thing I do; forgetting the things behind, and reaching forward to those before, read more.
I press forward to the mark for the prize of the high call of God in Christ Jesus.
I press forward to the mark for the prize of the high call of God in Christ Jesus.
The word of God » Called » Word of life
holding fast the word of life, for my glorying in the day of Christ, that I did not run in vain, nor labor in vain.
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