Athlete

And if also a man contend in the games, he is not crowned, except he have contended lawfully.

I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith:

He giveth power to the faint; and to him that hath no might he increaseth strength. — read the full passage →

but refuse profane and old wives’ fables. And exercise thyself unto godliness:

Iron sharpeneth iron; So a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

He only is my rock and my salvation: He ismy high tower; I shall not be greatly moved.

Know ye not that they that run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? Even so run; that ye may attain.

Through God we shall do valiantly; For he it is that will tread down our adversaries.

But know this, that in the last days grievous times shall come. — read the full passage →

Fight the good fight of the faith, lay hold on the life eternal, whereunto thou wast called, and didst confess the good confession in the sight of many witnesses.

And whatsoever ye do, in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

Thou therefore, my child, be strengthened in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. — read the full passage →

For God gave us not a spirit of fearfulness; but of power and love and discipline.

I can do all things in him that strengtheneth me.

Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor. — read the full passage →

Talk no more so exceeding proudly; Let not arrogancy come out of your mouth; For Jehovah is a God of knowledge, And by him actions are weighed.

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, according to the promise of the life which is in Christ Jesus, — read the full passage →

for by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;

And I went up by revelation; and I laid before them the gospel which I preach among the Gentiles but privately before them who were of repute, lest by any means I should be running, or had run, in vain.

fear thou not, for I am with thee; be not dismayed, for I am thy God; I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, And rejoiceth as a strong man to run his course.

and the hand of Jehovah was on Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.

And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:

Jehovah is my shepherd; I shall not want. — read the full passage →

He maketh my feet like hinds’ feet: And setteth me upon my high places.

As for God, his way is perfect: The word of Jehovah is tried; He is a shield unto all them that take refuge in him. — read the full passage →

that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with the word, — read the full passage →

Withhold not correction from the child; Forif thou beat him with the rod, he will not die. — read the full passage →

Trust in Jehovah, and do good; Dwell in the land, and feed onhisfaithfulness. — read the full passage →

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

But speak thou the things which befit the sound doctrine:

But know this, that in the last days grievous times shall come. — read the full passage →

Paul, and Silvanus, and Timothy, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ; — read the full passage →

Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might. — read the full passage →

And be not drunken with wine, wherein is riot, but be filled with the Spirit;

I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then I of myself with the mind, indeed, serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.

What advantage then hath the Jew? or what is the profit of circumcision? — read the full passage →

And the high priest said, Are these things so? — read the full passage →

Now there was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: — read the full passage →

Though they dig into Sheol, thence shall my hand take them; and though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down.

I said, In the noontide of my days I shall go into the gates of Sheol: I am deprived of the residue of my years.

Blessed are they that are perfect in the way, Who walk in the law of Jehovah. — read the full passage →

O ye that love Jehovah, hate evil: He preserveth the souls of his saints; He delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.

They spend their days in prosperity, And in a moment they go down to Sheol.

It is high as heaven; what canst thou do? Deeper than Sheol; what canst thou know?

Now king Solomon loved many foreign women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites; — read the full passage →

Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying, — read the full passage →

And it came to pass after the death of Saul, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had abode two days in Ziklag; — read the full passage →

And it came to pass in the days when the judges judged, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Beth-lehem-judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons. — read the full passage →

And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem unto his mother’s brethren, and spake with them, and with all the family of the house of his mother’s father, saying, — read the full passage →

and he spake unto Korah and unto all his company, saying, In the morning Jehovah will show who are his, and who is holy, and will cause him to come near unto him: even him whom he shall choose will he cause to come near unto him.