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1 Corinthians 9:24
Know ye not that they who run on the course, all run indeed, yet but one obtaineth the price? So run, that ye may obtain. Verse ConceptsAthletesThe Christian RaceQuittingSelf DisciplineGames, SpiritualVictoryHoly AmbitionChampionsFast RunnersReward For WorksNot Giving UpWinningEnduranceCompetitionRaceHard Work And PerseveranceFinishing Strongtrainingfootballgames

Philippians 2:16
holding up the word of life, that I may glory in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, nor laboured in vain. Verse ConceptsAthleticsThe Benefits Of LaborThe Christian RacePrizesSelf ConfidenceGames, SpiritualVictoryThe Soul Winners JoyLife By God's WordReceiving God's WordUseless LabourThe Fact Of That DayGraspingPaul's Boastingnatural Lifefaith in hard timesLife StrugglesKeeping FaithThe Word Of GodStaying Strong And Not Giving UpStaying PositiveStaying Strong During Hard TimesDoing Your BestLife PurposeBoastingGuidance And StrengthRaceChanging YourselfHard Work And PerseveranceFinishing Strongeffort

Hebrews 12:1-2
THEREFORE also seeing we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, laying aside every weight, and that most easily besetting sin, let us run with patience the race lying before us, earnestly looking up to Jesus the author and the finisher of faith; who, for the joy set before him, endured the cross, despising shame, and hath sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Philippians 3:11-14
if haply I may attain unto the resurrection of the dead. Not that I have already attained, or am now perfect: but I pursue, that I may overtake that for which also by his apprehension of me I am destined by Christ Jesus. Brethren, I count not myself to have overtaken it; but this one object I pursue, forgetting the things which are behind, and reaching out to those which are before, read more.
I press towards the mark for the prize of the divine calling from on high in Christ Jesus.

Philippians 3:14
I press towards the mark for the prize of the divine calling from on high in Christ Jesus. Verse ConceptsGoalsAthletesThe Christian RaceHeavenly RewardsPerseverancePrizesQuittingSelf DisciplineSpiritual StrivingdiligenceVictoryGod's Call, ResultsCalling, Description OfLooking HeavenwardHoly AmbitionChampionsPressingPursuing GoodReward For WorksCallingMoving OnWorking TogetherFocusBeing ContentLife PurposeThe PastRaceMaturityFinishing Strongsisterhoodvocationstrivingfinishing

2 Timothy 4:8
henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, shall give me at that day: yet not to me only, but also to all who have loved his appearing. Verse ConceptsDay of the LORDGod, As JudgeCrowns Of ChristiansAmbition, positive aspects ofenemies, of believersGod, Righteousness OfThe Christian RaceHeavenly RewardsHope, As ConfidenceJustice, In Believers' LivesLast JudgmentPrizesSalvation, Nature OfSelf DisciplineServants, Working Conditions OfStoringThirstDeath Of The Saints, Results InJesus Christ, JudgeFruits Of RighteousnessLove For GodEternal JudgmentChrist AppearingChrist JudgingCrowns For God's PeopleLoving Other ThingsBemaEternal PerspectiveGlorificationMaranathaSpiritual crownsThe Second ComingThe RaptureConfidence And Self Esteemcrowns

1 Corinthians 9:25
And every one who contendeth [in the games] is temperate in all things: they indeed therefore do it that they may receive a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible. Verse ConceptsCrowns Of ChristiansCrowns, Spiritual UseAthleticsLast JudgmentSelf DisciplineSpiritual StrivingPossessions DecayingEternal PossessionNo DecayBemaNot Giving UpSpiritual crownsSportsExerciseCompetitionRaceHard Work And Perseverancetrainingfitnessfootballstrivingcrowns

Romans 13:12
The night is far advanced, the day approaches: let us therefore put off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light. Verse ConceptsDarkness, As A Symbol Of SinArmor of Godequipping, spiritualdefeatArmourLiving In The LightMorningNightWeaponsWardrobe, SpiritualArmor, SpiritualSpiritual DawnDark DaysSecret SinsRiotsSpiritual NightClothed With Good ThingsPeople Stripping OffDarkness Of EvilDarknessSpiritual DarknessA New Daychristianityarmorfirefightersdeeds

2 Corinthians 6:7
by the word of truth, by the power of God, with weapons of righteousness in the right hand and in the left, Verse ConceptsArmor of GodPower Through GodArmourWeaponsTruthArmor, SpiritualWeapons Of The BelieverGod's Word Is TruePurityPowerStrugglesThe Power Of WordsSpeecharmor

Ephesians 6:11-17
Be clothed in the panoply of God, that we may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For our conflict is not merely against flesh and blood, but against principalities, and against powers, and against the rulers of the darkness of this world, and against wicked spirits in the aerial regions. Therefore take the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all things to stand. read more.
Stand therefore, girded about your loins with truth, and putting on the breastplate of righteousness; and underneath your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; and over all lifting up the shield of faith, with which ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:

Acts 28:16
And when we were come to Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to the captain of the guard; but he permitted Paul to have an apartment by himself, with a soldier only who guarded him. Verse ConceptsArrestingempiresGuardsHousesIsolated Persons

Acts 21:33
Then the tribune approaching him, laid hold on him, and ordered him to be bound with two chains; and asked who he was, and what he had done. Verse Conceptsevangelists, ministry ofChainsIron ChainsInterrogatingWho Is This?What Do You Do?Two Other Things

2 Timothy 1:16
The Lord grant mercy unto the household of Onesiphorus because he frequently was a refreshment to my soul, and was not ashamed of my chain: Verse ConceptsChainsIntimacyFriendship, Examples OfIron ChainsBe Merciful!People Refreshedempathy

Acts 12:6
Now when Herod was going to bring him forth, the same night was Peter fast asleep between the two soldiers, fastened to them with two chains: and the guards before the door kept the prison. Verse ConceptsLeisure, And PastimesSleep, PhysicalGod Is ImmanentIron ChainsDuring One NightTwo Other ThingsTwo Other MenSleeping Peacefullytrailsjail

Daniel 7:20
Verse ConceptsTen ThingsHorns In AllegoryEyes In ProphecyThree Other Things

Daniel 2:41-43

Daniel 7:24
Verse ConceptsThree MenTen PeopleTen ThingsHorns In AllegoryDifferent PersonDeposing

1 Corinthians 9:27
but I beat down my body, and bring it into subjection, that I may not by any means, after having preached to others, myself become reprobate. Verse ConceptsLicentiousnessCastawaysBodyAsceticism, TypesLustMortificationSelf DisciplineConduct, ProperDietsMinisters, Should BeBeating OneselfMaking SlavesslaveryRacetrainingmyself

1 Corinthians 9:25
And every one who contendeth [in the games] is temperate in all things: they indeed therefore do it that they may receive a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible. Verse ConceptsCrowns Of ChristiansCrowns, Spiritual UseAthleticsLast JudgmentSelf DisciplineSpiritual StrivingPossessions DecayingEternal PossessionNo DecayBemaNot Giving UpSpiritual crownsSportsExerciseCompetitionRaceHard Work And Perseverancetrainingfitnessfootballstrivingcrowns

1 Corinthians 15:32
If after the manner of men I have fought with wild beasts at Ephesus, of what advantage would it be to me, if the dead did not rise again? shall we eat and drink; because to-morrow we die? Verse ConceptsFightingBitingMortalityPaul, Life OfPresent, ThePunishment, Legal Aspects OfCynicismMerrinessBeastsHow Death Is InevitableMen Similar To AnimalsImminent TomorrowMammalsAre The Dead Raised?Eating And Drinking

1 Corinthians 4:9
For I think that God hath exposed us his apostles the last as devoted unto death. For we have been made a spectacle to the world, and to angels, and to men. Verse ConceptsPaul, Apostle To GentilesApostles, Function In Early ChurchProcessionsAfflicted To DeathSpectacleAngels Interacting With PeopleThe End Of The WorldPutting God FirstThe Worldhumanityfatepartnershipacting

Colossians 2:15
spoiling principalities and powers, he exposed them to view openly, triumphing over them on it. Verse Conceptsdemons, Kinds ofdefeatAngels opposed to GodPower, God's SavingPunishment, Nature OfSatan, Defeat OfSatan, Resistance ToSpiritual Warfare, Causes OfStrength, SpiritualVictory, Over Spiritual ForcesPower Of Christ, ShownSalvation, Deliverance FromDisarmamentImpotence Of SatanSpectacleChrist OvercomingPrincipalities And PowersJudgment Of DemonsJudgment Of Fallen Angelsprincipalities

2 Corinthians 2:14-16
But thanks be to God, who causeth us always to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place. For we are a sweet odour of Christ to God in those who are saved, and in those who perish. To the one we are the odour of death unto death, to the other the odour of life unto life: and who is sufficient for these things?

John 18:31
Pilate then said to them, Take him yourselves, and according to your own law judge him. The Jews then said to him, It is not lawful for us to put any man to death: Verse ConceptsLimitednessDeath Penalty For KillingFulfilling The Lawautonomy

John 18:39
But ye have a custom, that I should release to you one person at the passover: will ye therefore that I release unto you the King of the Jews? Verse ConceptsCustomChrist Is King Of IsraelPeople Releasing Others

John 19:10
Then saith Pilate to him, Dost thou not speak to me? dost thou not know that I have power to crucify thee, and that I have power to release thee? Verse ConceptsHuman Authority, Nature OfCourage, Examples OfChrist Being SilentAuthority Delegated To PeoplePeople Releasing Others

Philippians 4:22
All the saints salute you, specially those who are of Caesar's household. Verse ConceptsCaesarRoman Emperors

2 Timothy 4:22
The Lord Jesus Christ be with thy spirit. Grace be with you. Amen. Verse ConceptsGod Be With YouGod's Grace

Luke 3:2
when Annas and Caiaphas were high-priests, the word of God came to John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness; Verse ConceptsHigh Priest, In NtRankSin, Accepting Forgiveness OfLiving In The Wilderness

Acts 23:34
Then when the governor had read it, and asked of what province he was, and understood he was of Cilicia; Verse ConceptsProvinces

Acts 25:1
WHEN Festus then was come into the province, after three days he went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea.

Daniel 7:8
Verse ConceptsAntichristIrreverenceSuperiorityAntichrist, Names ForHorns In AllegoryPlucking OutEyes In ProphecyHorns BrokenThree Other ThingsLike MenSpeaking With The Mouth

Daniel 7:20-25

John 19:23
Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments, and made four parts, for each soldier a part; and his vest: now the vest was without a seam, woven from the upper parts throughout the whole. Verse ConceptsClothBody Of Christ, Physical DeathCrucifixion, Of ChristDressInner GarmentsDividing PlunderGarmentscrucifixion

Matthew 27:35
Then having crucified him, they parted his garments, casting the lot: that it might be fulfilled, what was spoken by the prophet, They parted my garments among them, and for my vesture they threw the lot. Verse ConceptsClothingBody Of Christ, Physical DeathCasting LotsTortureChrist's Fulfilment Of ProphecyGamblingChrist Was KilledDividing PlunderCrucifixion, Of ChristGarmentsgamescrucifixion

Acts 23:20
And he said, The Jews have agreed together to entreat thee that to-morrow thou wouldest bring down Paul into the sanhedrim, as about to make some more accurate inquiry concerning him. Verse ConceptsAgreement, Example OfInvestigating

Acts 23:24-27
and provide beasts, that setting Paul thereon, you may convey him safely to Felix the governor. And he wrote a letter containing this form of words: Claudius Lysias to his excellence the governor Felix, greeting. read more.
This person had been seized by the Jews, and was ready to be slain by them: but coming on them with the guard, I rescued him out of their hands, having understood that he was a Roman citizen.

Acts 23:35
I will give thee a thorough hearing, said he, when thy accusers are also come hither. And he commanded them to be kept under guard in Herod's praetorium. Verse ConceptsGuardsPalacesPunishment, Legal Aspects Of

Acts 25:16-19
To whom I replied, That it was not customary for Romans to give up any man gratuitously to destruction, before that the person accused should have his accusers produced face to face, and be allowed opportunity to defend himself against the charge. When therefore they were come here together, making no demur, the very next day I sat on the tribunal, and commanded the man to be brought. Against whom his accusers standing forth, brought no charge of such things as I expected: read more.
but only pleaded against him certain disputes about their own mode of religious worship, and about one Jesus, who was dead, whom Paul affirmed to be alive.

Acts 23:23-24
And calling to him two certain persons of the centurions, he said, Get ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea, and seventy horsemen, and two hundred spearmen, at the third hour of the night; and provide beasts, that setting Paul thereon, you may convey him safely to Felix the governor.

Acts 21:31
And as they were attempting to murder him, the report reached the military tribune of the band, that all Jerusalem was in confusion. Verse ConceptsConfusion, Examples OfArmies, RomanAttempting To Kill Specific PeopleChiliarchs

Daniel 2:33
Verse ConceptsFeetLegsIron Objects

Daniel 2:40
Verse ConceptsCrushingFractions, One FourthThings Like IronFourthOvercoming Obstaclesautonomytoughnesscrushes

Daniel 7:19
Verse ConceptsBronzeBeastsBrassFractions, One FourthTeethStampingGrinding PeopleCosmic CreaturesMeaningIron ObjectsResidueDifferent ThingsFourthFear And AnimalsFour Beasts Of Daniel

Daniel 7:7
Verse ConceptsIronFractions, One FourthTen ThingsStrength Of AnimalsHorns In AllegoryTeethStampingIron ObjectsResidueDifferent ThingsFourthFear And AnimalsFour Beasts Of Daniel

Acts 22:24
the military tribune commanded him to be brought into the fortress, ordering that he should be put to the question by scourging; that he might know for what cause they clamoured so loudly against him. Verse ConceptsScourgingInterrogatingChiliarchsWhy Do Others Do This?serenity

Acts 22:29
Immediately then they who were about to put him to the question, withdrew from him: and indeed the tribune dreaded the consequences, when he knew that he was a Roman citizen, that he had even gone so far as to bind him. Verse ConceptsChainsTying UpCitizens

Acts 16:37
But Paul said to them, They have beaten us publicly, uncondemned, men that are Roman citizens, and have cast us into prison; and would they now clandestinely send us away? no, verily; but let them come themselves and fetch us out. Verse ConceptsApologizingempiresPersecution, Forms OfPunishment, Legal Aspects OfRoman CitizensBeating BelieversSpreading StoriesAvoiding SecrecyBringing People Out Of Other PlacesNo JusticeCitizenstrailsjail

Acts 22:25
So as they were tying him up for the thongs, Paul said to the centurion standing by him, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man who is a Roman citizen, and uncondemned? Verse ConceptsempiresRevenge, And RetaliationRoman CitizensScourgingBreaking Man's LawNo CondemnationTying UpCitizens

Acts 19:21
Now when these things were accomplished, Paul purposed by the Spirit, passing through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying, That after I have been there, I must see Rome also. Verse ConceptsempiresNecessityRomeVisitingLed By The Spirit

Acts 18:2
and finding a certain Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, lately arrived from Italy, with Priscilla his wife, (because Claudius had issued an order that all Jews should depart from Rome,) he turned in to them. Verse Conceptsevangelism, motivation forempiresCaesarCommands, in NTPunishment, Legal Aspects OfRefugeesGood Wives ExamplesAquilaRoman EmperorsGroups Sent Away

Acts 10:1
NOW there was a man at Caesarea named Cornelius, a centurion of the cohort called the Italic, Verse ConceptsMilitaryArmies, RomanVolunteering

Acts 27:1
NOW as it was determined that we should sail for Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners to a centurion named Julius, of the Augustan cohort. Verse ConceptsCenturionRoman Emperorssailing

Philippians 2:25
But I have thought it necessary to send unto you Epaphroditus, my brother, and fellow-labourer, and fellow-soldier, but your messenger, and the minister who supplied my want. Verse ConceptsGood FriendsFellowship, In Christian ServiceAliancesFellow WorkersMessengerMissionaries, Support ForSoldiersVisitingFriendship, Examples Ofministering

Matthew 27:26-27
Then he released unto them Barabbas: but having scourged Jesus, he delivered him up to be crucified. Thereupon the soldiers of the governor taking Jesus away to the Praetorium, gathered around him the whole band:

Matthew 28:13-14
saying, Report, that his disciples coming by night stole him away, while you were asleep. And if this comes to the governor's ears, we will persuade him, and preserve you harmless.

2 Timothy 4:7-8
I have struggled hard in the honourable contest, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith: henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, shall give me at that day: yet not to me only, but also to all who have loved his appearing.

Ephesians 6:12
For our conflict is not merely against flesh and blood, but against principalities, and against powers, and against the rulers of the darkness of this world, and against wicked spirits in the aerial regions. Verse ConceptsCommitment, to the worldevil, origins ofEvil SpiritsSatan, Titles Fordemons, Kinds ofAngels opposed to GodInvasionsPower, God's SavingSociety, Negative Aspects OfSpiritual Warfare, As ConflictSpiritual Warfare, Causes OfStrongholdsAwarenessSatan, Character OfNames And Titles For SatanSatan, Power OfLiving Not For The MaterialThat Which Is SpiritualDarkness Of EvilPrincipalities And PowersWrestlingBloodMighty in its influencestruggleLife StrugglesSpiritual WarfareConflictBattleStrugglesprincipalities

Revelation 3:5
He that overcometh, this man shall be clothed in white robes; and I will in no wise blot his name out of the book of life, and I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels. Verse ConceptsBook of lifedefeatSatan, Resistance ToVictory, Over Spiritual ForcesWhat Heaven Will Be LikeOvercomersWhite And Bright ClothesWhite ClothsThe Witness Of ChristBlotted OutNames Blotted OutAngelsOvercoming Through ChristRelationship Of Father And SonOvercomingRemoving People From Your Life

2 Timothy 2:5
And if a man contend in the public games, he is not crowned victor, unless he contend according to the laws. Verse ConceptsAthletesCrowns, Spiritual UseLeisure, And PastimesPrizesKeeping Man's WordSportsCompetitionRacefootballstrivingcrownscheatersgames

2 Timothy 2:4
No man who enters the army involves himself with secular affairs; that he may please the person who hath enlisted him. Verse ConceptsMilitary ServiceCommanderBeing A SoldierAttitudes, Of Christians To The WorldLove, Abuse OfSelf DenialCare, WorldlyWorldliness, AvoidMinisters, Should Not BeChristians, Names OfUnworldlinessPleasing Mensisterhooddistractions

Acts 25:11-12
For indeed if I have committed any crime, or done aught worthy of death, I object not to be put to death: but if there is nothing in those things whereof they accuse me, no man dare gratify them by abandoning me to them. I appeal unto Caesar. Then Festus, after conferring with the council, answered, Hast thou appealed to Caesar? to Caesar shalt thou go.

Matthew 8:8-9
And the centurion said, I am not a fit person, that thou shouldest come under my roof: but only speak a word, and my servant be cured. For I also am a man under authority, having under my command soldiers and I say to this soldier, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.

2 Timothy 2:3
Thou therefore endure hardships, as a brave soldier of Jesus Christ. Verse ConceptsAsceticism, Teachings OfPersecution, Attitudes ToSpiritual Warfare, As ConflictSuffering, HardshipHardnessChrist's Disciples Will SufferHeartacheSufferingHardshipHard Work And Perseveranceperserveranceperseveringtoughness

Daniel 7:23
Verse ConceptsFractions, One FourthGrinding PeopleDifferent ThingsFourthThe Kingdom Of OthersTrampling PlacesBeing Different

John 19:19
And Pilate also wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And this was the writing: JESUS THE NAZAREAN, THE KING OF THE JEWS, Verse ConceptsCrucifixion, Of ChristSarcasmMessianic Titles, King Of The JewsInscriptionsChrist Is King Of IsraelThe Cross

Acts 26:32
And Agrippa said to Festus, This man might have been discharged, if he had not appealed to Caesar. Verse ConceptsPeople Releasing Others

Acts 22:28
And the tribune replied, With a large sum of money I purchased this citizenship. And Paul said, But I enjoy it as my birthright. Verse ConceptsCivil LibertyExpensiveCitizensReligious Freedomserenity

Acts 22:28
And the tribune replied, With a large sum of money I purchased this citizenship. And Paul said, But I enjoy it as my birthright. Verse ConceptsCivil LibertyExpensiveCitizensReligious Freedomserenity

Acts 11:28
And one of them named Agabus, rising up, signified by the spirit that a great famine was coming upon the whole habitable globe: which also came in the reign of Claudius Caesar. Verse ConceptsFamine, Examples OfCaesarRoman EmperorsPredicting The Future

Luke 2:1
NOW it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that the whole land should be registered. Verse ConceptsCommands, in NTCaesarProclamationsRankTaxationProphecies Concerning ChristArmies, RomanRoman EmperorsThe King's Orderstaxes

Luke 3:1
NOW in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod tetrarch of Galilee, and Philip his brother tetrarch of Iturea and the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene: Verse ConceptsCaesarGovernorsLeaders, PoliticalRankTetrarchRoman EmperorsRulers Of A FourthNamed Gentile Rulers

Luke 2:1
NOW it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that the whole land should be registered. Verse ConceptsCommands, in NTCaesarProclamationsRankTaxationProphecies Concerning ChristArmies, RomanRoman EmperorsThe King's Orderstaxes

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