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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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Athletics » The Christian life compared to a foot-race » Pressing toward the goal
I am pressing onward toward the goal, to win the prize to which God through Jesus Christ is calling us upward.
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The call of God » To man is » High
I am pressing onward toward the goal, to win the prize to which God through Jesus Christ is calling us upward.
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Christian race » The Christian life compared to a foot-race » Pressing toward the goal
I am pressing onward toward the goal, to win the prize to which God through Jesus Christ is calling us upward.
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Diligence » Required by God in » Striving after perfection
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.
Diligence » Striving after perfection
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.
Earnestness » In prayer » In seeking salvation
"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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I am pressing onward toward the goal, to win the prize to which God through Jesus Christ is calling us upward.
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Only you must practice living lives that are worthy of the good news, so that whether I come and see you or stay away, I may hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit, and that with one purpose you are continuing to cooperate in the fight for faith in the good news.
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Any man who enters an athletic contest practices rigid self-control in training, only to win a wreath that withers, but we are in to win a wreath that never withers.
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For this I am toiling and struggling by His active energy which is mightily working in me.
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You have not yet, as you have struggled on against sin, resisted to the point of pouring out your blood,
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Games » Figurative » Of the Christian life
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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You were running beautifully! Who was it that cut into your way and kept you from obeying the truth?
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to hold up the message of life. That will give me ground for boasting on the day of Christ, because neither my career nor my labor has been a failure.
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I am pressing onward toward the goal, to win the prize to which God through Jesus Christ is calling us upward.
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Therefore, as we have so vast a crowd of spectators in the grandstands, let us throw off every impediment and the sin that easily entangles our feet, and run with endurance the race for which we are entered,
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So that is the way I run, with no uncertainty as to winning. That is the way I box, not like one that punches the air.
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Grace of God » Growth in
For I am certain of this very thing, that He who began the good work in you will go on until the day of Jesus Christ to complete it.
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as night and day I continue to pray with deepest earnestness and keenest eagerness that I may see your faces and round out to completeness what is lacking in your faith?
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Such a person is not continuing in connection with the Head, from which the whole body, when supplied and united through its joints and sinews, grows with a growth that God produces.
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but instead, you must continue to grow in the spiritual strength and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To Him be glory now and forever!
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We always ought to be thanking God for you, brothers, as it is right to do so, because your faith is growing so much and the love of every one of you for one another is increasing
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And it is my prayer that your love may overflow still more and more, directed by fuller knowledge and keener insight, so that you may always approve the better things, and be men of transparent character and blameless life, men that are abounding in the fruits of right-doing with the help of Jesus Christ, to the honor and praise of God.
It is not a fact that I have already secured it or already reached perfection, but I am pressing on to see if I can capture it, the ideal for which I was captured by Christ Jesus. 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. read more.
So let us all who are mature have this attitude. If you have a different attitude, God will make it clear to you.
So let us all who are mature have this attitude. If you have a different attitude, God will make it clear to you.
so that you may lead lives worthy of the Lord to His full satisfaction, by perennially bearing fruit in every good enterprise and by a steady growth in fuller knowledge of God; then you will be perfectly empowered by His glorious might for every sort of joyous endurance and forbearance,
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May the Lord make you increase and overflow in love for one another and for all men, as my love for you does, so that He may strengthen your hearts to be faultless in purity in the sight of God, when our Lord Jesus comes back with all His consecrated ones.
So then let us once for all quit the elementary teaching about Christ and continue progressing toward maturity; let us stop relaying a foundation of repentance from works that mean only death, and of faith in God, of teaching about ceremonial washings and the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead and final judgment. And we will progress, if God permits.
So once for all get rid of all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all sorts of slander, and like new-born babies thirst for pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up to final salvation, since you have learned by experience that the Lord is kind.
Holy » General references to » Ambition
"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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Life's purpose » Attaining Christlikeness
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.
Likemindedness » Being likeminded
I beg Euodia and I beg Syntyche to live in harmony by the help of the Lord.
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Now I beg you all, brothers, for the sake of our Lord Jesus Christ, to be harmonious in what you say and not to have factions among you, but to be perfectly harmonious in your minds and judgments.
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Finally, brothers, goodbye! Practice the perfecting of your characters, keep listening to my appeals, continue thinking in harmony and living in peace, and the loving, peace-giving God will be with you.
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Finally, you must all live in harmony, be sympathetic, loving as brothers, tenderhearted, humble,
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Keep on thinking in harmony with one another. Stop being high-minded but keep on associating with lowly people. Stop being conceited.
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Only you must practice living lives that are worthy of the good news, so that whether I come and see you or stay away, I may hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit, and that with one purpose you are continuing to cooperate in the fight for faith in the good news.
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fill up my cup of joy by living in harmony, by fostering the same disposition of love, your hearts beating in unison, your minds set on one purpose.
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May God, who gives men patient endurance and encouragement, grant you such harmony with one another, in accordance with the standard which Christ Jesus sets, that with united hearts and lips you may praise the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
I am pressing onward toward the goal, to win the prize to which God through Jesus Christ is calling us upward. So let us all who are mature have this attitude. If you have a different attitude, God will make it clear to you. However, we must continue to live up to that degree of success that we have already reached.
Paul » Characteristics of » Entire consecration
Then Paul answered, "What do you mean by crying and breaking my heart? Why, I am ready not only to be bound at Jerusalem but to die there for the sake of the Lord Jesus."
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But for Christ's sake I have counted all that was gain to me as loss. Yes, indeed, I certainly do count everything as loss compared with the priceless privilege of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For His sake I have lost everything, and value it all as mere refuse, in order to gain Christ and be actually in union with Him, not having a supposed right standing with God which depends on my doing what the law commands, but one that comes through faith in Christ, the real right standing with God which originates from Him and rests on faith. read more.
Yes, I long to come to know Him; that is, the power of His resurrection and so to share with Him his sufferings as to be continuously transformed by His death, in the hope of attaining, in some measure, the resurrection that lifts me out from among the dead. It is not a fact that I have already secured it or already reached perfection, but I am pressing on to see if I can capture it, the ideal for which I was captured by Christ Jesus. 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.
Yes, I long to come to know Him; that is, the power of His resurrection and so to share with Him his sufferings as to be continuously transformed by His death, in the hope of attaining, in some measure, the resurrection that lifts me out from among the dead. It is not a fact that I have already secured it or already reached perfection, but I am pressing on to see if I can capture it, the ideal for which I was captured by Christ Jesus. 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.
Prize » Figurative
I am pressing onward toward the goal, to win the prize to which God through Jesus Christ is calling us upward.
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Purpose » Of life » Attaining Christlikeness
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.
the Reward of saints » The prospect of, should lead to » Pressing forward
I am pressing onward toward the goal, to win the prize to which God through Jesus Christ is calling us upward.
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the Reward of saints » Described as » The prize of the high calling of God in Christ
I am pressing onward toward the goal, to win the prize to which God through Jesus Christ is calling us upward.
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The Roman empire » Allusions to grecian game adapted by » Foot races
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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to hold up the message of life. That will give me ground for boasting on the day of Christ, because neither my career nor my labor has been a failure.
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Therefore, as we have so vast a crowd of spectators in the grandstands, let us throw off every impediment and the sin that easily entangles our feet, and run with endurance the race for which we are entered, keeping our eyes on Jesus, the perfect leader and example of faith, who, instead of the joy which lay before Him, endured the cross with no regard for its shame, and since has taken His seat at the right hand of the throne of God.
in the hope of attaining, in some measure, the resurrection that lifts me out from among the dead. It is not a fact that I have already secured it or already reached perfection, but I am pressing on to see if I can capture it, the ideal for which I was captured by Christ Jesus. 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, read more.
I am pressing onward toward the goal, to win the prize to which God through Jesus Christ is calling us upward.
I am pressing onward toward the goal, to win the prize to which God through Jesus Christ is calling us upward.
The Roman empire » Allusions to grecian game adapted by » Crowning of conquerors
I am pressing onward toward the goal, to win the prize to which God through Jesus Christ is calling us upward.
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Now the crown for doing right awaits me, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award me on that day, and not only me but also all who have loved His appearing.
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Any man who enters an athletic contest practices rigid self-control in training, only to win a wreath that withers, but we are in to win a wreath that never withers.
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Spiritual » Sowing » Striving
"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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I am pressing onward toward the goal, to win the prize to which God through Jesus Christ is calling us upward.
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Only you must practice living lives that are worthy of the good news, so that whether I come and see you or stay away, I may hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit, and that with one purpose you are continuing to cooperate in the fight for faith in the good news.
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Any man who enters an athletic contest practices rigid self-control in training, only to win a wreath that withers, but we are in to win a wreath that never withers.
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For this I am toiling and struggling by His active energy which is mightily working in me.
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You have not yet, as you have struggled on against sin, resisted to the point of pouring out your blood,
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Striving » What to strive for
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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I am pressing onward toward the goal, to win the prize to which God through Jesus Christ is calling us upward.
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And someone asked Him, "Lord, are only a few to be saved?" And He said to them, "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,