11 Bible Verses about games
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Know ye not, that of those who run in the racecourse all run, but one receiveth the prize? Thus run, that ye may obtain. And every one who contendeth in the games is temperate in all things; they, however, to obtain a perishable crown, but we, an imperishable. I therefore so run, not as one uncertain; I so fight, not as one striking the air;
And if a man contendeth in the games, he is not crowned, unless he contendeth lawfully.
Know ye not, that of those who run in the racecourse all run, but one receiveth the prize? Thus run, that ye may obtain.
And do not ye become idolaters, as some of them did; as it is written: "The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to sport."
I have fought the good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith;
When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I had the feelings of a child, I thought as a child; since I have become a man, I have put away the things of the child.
For what doth it profit a man to gain the whole world, and forfeit his life?
And the soldiers also came up to him and made sport of him, offering him vinegar,
And when they had crucified him, they divided his garments among them, casting lots.
From Thematic Bible
Games » Figurative » Of the Christian life
Know ye not, that of those who run in the racecourse all run, but one receiveth the prize? Thus run, that ye may obtain.
Ye were running well; who hindered you, that ye should not obey the truth?
holding forth the word of life, that I may have whereof to boast against the day of Christ, that I did not run in vain, or labor in vain.
I press toward the mark for the prize of the heavenly calling of God in Christ Jesus.
Therefore let us also, being surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth easily beset us, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us;
Games » Foot races
Know ye not, that of those who run in the racecourse all run, but one receiveth the prize? Thus run, that ye may obtain.
And I went up by revelation, and communicated to them that gospel which I preach among the gentiles; but privately to those who were of reputation, lest by any means I should run, or had run, in vain.
holding forth the word of life, that I may have whereof to boast against the day of Christ, that I did not run in vain, or labor in vain.
Therefore let us also, being surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth easily beset us, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us;
I therefore so run, not as one uncertain; I so fight, not as one striking the air;
Games » Figurative » Fighting wild "beasts", of spiritual conflict
If with the views of men I fought with wild beasts at Ephesus, what advantage is it to me? If the dead rise not, "let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die."
I have fought the good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith;
I therefore so run, not as one uncertain; I so fight, not as one striking the air;
For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles as lowest, as men sentenced to death; for we have been made a spectacle to the world, to angels, and to men.
Games » Gladiatorial
If with the views of men I fought with wild beasts at Ephesus, what advantage is it to me? If the dead rise not, "let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die."
I have fought the good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith;
I therefore so run, not as one uncertain; I so fight, not as one striking the air;
God is faithful, by whom ye were called into the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
Games » Figurative » Of a successful ministry
And I went up by revelation, and communicated to them that gospel which I preach among the gentiles; but privately to those who were of reputation, lest by any means I should run, or had run, in vain.
holding forth the word of life, that I may have whereof to boast against the day of Christ, that I did not run in vain, or labor in vain.
Topics on Games
Games, Spiritual
1 Corinthians 9:26I therefore so run, not as one uncertain; I so fight, not as one striking the air;
