11 Bible Verses about games
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Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may win. Everyone who competes in the games exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable. Therefore I do not run aimlessly. I do not box as a man beating the air.
Also if anyone competes as an athlete, he does not win the prize unless he competes according to the rules.
Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may win.
Do not be idolaters, as some of them were; as it is written, "The people sat down to eat and drink, and stood up to play."
I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child; when I became a man, I put childish ways behind me.
and saying, "If you are the King of the Jews, save yourself."
And when they had crucified him, they divided his garments among them by casting lots;
From Thematic Bible
Games » Figurative » Of the Christian life
Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may win.
holding fast the word of life, so that in the day of Christ I may be proud that I did not run in vain or labor in vain.
I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us,
Games » Foot races
Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may win.
I went up because of a revelation; and I set before them the gospel that I preach among the Gentiles. But I did this privately to those who were of reputation, for fear that I was running or had run my race in vain.
holding fast the word of life, so that in the day of Christ I may be proud that I did not run in vain or labor in vain.
Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us,
Games » Figurative » Fighting wild "beasts", of spiritual conflict
If I fought wild beasts in Ephesus for merely human reasons, what have I gained? If the dead are not raised, "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die."
I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
For, I think that God has exhibited us apostles last of all, like men condemned to death; because we have become a spectacle to the world, both to angels and to men.
Games » Gladiatorial
If I fought wild beasts in Ephesus for merely human reasons, what have I gained? If the dead are not raised, "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die."
I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
God is faithful, by whom you were called into fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
Games » Figurative » Of a successful ministry
I went up because of a revelation; and I set before them the gospel that I preach among the Gentiles. But I did this privately to those who were of reputation, for fear that I was running or had run my race in vain.
holding fast the word of life, so that in the day of Christ I may be proud that I did not run in vain or labor in vain.
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1 Corinthians 9:26Therefore I do not run aimlessly. I do not box as a man beating the air.
