Race

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

He made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the surface of the earth, having determined appointed seasons, and the boundaries of their dwellings,

where there can’t be Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, bondservant, freeman; but Christ is all, and in all.

But if you show partiality, you commit sin, being convicted by the law as transgressors.

For there is no partiality with God.

Peter opened his mouth and said, “Truly I perceive that God doesn’t show favoritism; — read the full passage →

After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude, which no man could number, out of every nation and of all tribes, peoples, and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, dressed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands.

For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, and is rich to all who call on him.

Don’t we all have one father? Hasn’t one God created us? Why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, profaning the covenant of our fathers?

Therefore let us also, seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

But Yahweh said to Samuel, “Don’t look on his face, or on the height of his stature; because I have rejected him: for I see not as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but Yahweh looks at the heart.”

My brothers, don’t hold the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ of glory with partiality.

A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, just like I have loved you; that you also love one another.

Don’t you know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run like that, that you may win.

For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, and is rich to all who call on him. — read the full passage →

Go,and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

For he is our peace, who made both one, and broke down the middle wall of partition,

I have fought the good fight. I have finished the course. I have kept the faith.

Don’t you know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run like that, that you may win. — read the full passage →

For Yahweh your God, he is God of gods, and Lord of lords, the great God, the mighty, and the awesome, who doesn’t respect persons, nor takes reward.

Don’t judge according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment.”

You were running well! Who interfered with you that you should not obey the truth?

For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether bond or free; and were all given to drink into one Spirit.

I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but time and chance happen to them all.

God created man in his own image. In God’s image he created him; male and female he created them.

The rich and the poor have this in common: Yahweh is the maker of them all.

I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.

I press on toward the goal for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

holding up the word of life; that I may have something to boast in the day of Christ, that I didn’t run in vain nor labor in vain.

But those who wait for Yahweh will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not faint.

But these things don’t count; nor do I hold my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my race with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to fully testify to the Good News of the grace of God.

But he who hates his brother is in the darkness, and walks in the darkness, and doesn’t know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen. — read the full passage →

He said to them, “You yourselves know how it is an unlawful thing for a man who is a Jew to join himself or come to one of another nation, but God has shown me that I shouldn’t call any man unholy or unclean.

looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

I went up by revelation, and I laid before them the Good News which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately before those who were respected, for fear that I might be running, or had run, in vain.

“‘If a stranger lives as a foreigner with you in your land, you shall not do him wrong. — read the full passage →

Brothers, I don’t regard myself as yet having taken hold, but one thing I do. Forgetting the things which are behind, and stretching forward to the things which are before, — read the full passage →

Brothers, I don’t regard myself as yet having taken hold, but one thing I do. Forgetting the things which are behind, and stretching forward to the things which are before,

The second is like this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’There is no other commandment greater than these.”

Therefore let us also, seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, — read the full passage →

I have fought the good fight. I have finished the course. I have kept the faith. — read the full passage →

But he who endures to the end, the same will be saved.

However, if you fulfill the royal law, according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you do well. — read the full passage →

I run in the path of your commandments, for you have set my heart free.

But you be strong, and don’t let your hands be slack; for your work shall be rewarded.”

Fight the good fight of faith. Lay hold of the eternal life to which you were called, and you confessed the good confession in the sight of many witnesses.

Not that I have already obtained, or am already made perfect; but I press on, if it is so that I may take hold of that for which also I was taken hold of by Christ Jesus.

I therefore run like that, as not uncertainly. I fight like that, as not beating the air,

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

Therefore let us also, seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, — read the full passage →

The stranger who lives as a foreigner with you shall be to you as the native-born among you, and you shall love him as yourself; for you lived as foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am Yahweh your God.

Peter opened his mouth and said, “Truly I perceive that God doesn’t show favoritism;

Let your eyes look straight ahead. Fix your gaze directly before you.

Through God we shall do valiantly, for it is he who will tread down our adversaries.

Blessed is the man who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him.

Don’t you know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run like that, that you may win. — read the full passage →

Not only this, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering works perseverance;

for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;

After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude, which no man could number, out of every nation and of all tribes, peoples, and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, dressed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands. — read the full passage →

And be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.

God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the sky, and over the livestock, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

If you have run with the footmen, and they have wearied you, then how can you contend with horses? and though in a land of peace you are secure, yet how will you do in the pride of the Jordan?

Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.

which is as a bridegroom coming out of his room, like a strong man rejoicing to run his course.

God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the sky, and over the livestock, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” — read the full passage →

Also, if anyone competes in athletics, he isn’t crowned unless he has competed by the rules.

Every man who strives in the games exercises self-control in all things. Now they do it to receive a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible.

Or don’t you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which you have from God? You are not your own, — read the full passage →

These also are sayings of the wise. To show partiality in judgment is not good.

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John, — read the full passage →

For consider him who has endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, that you don’t grow weary, fainting in your souls.

For everything spoken by God is possible.”

For he is our peace, who made both one, and broke down the middle wall of partition, — read the full passage →

You will be hated by all men for my name’s sake, but he who endures to the end will be saved.

haven’t you shown partiality among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts?

From now on, there is stored up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will give to me on that day; and not to me only, but also to all those who have loved his appearing.

But refuse profane and old wives’ fables. Exercise yourself toward godliness. — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, where you are going.

No soldier on duty entangles himself in the affairs of life, that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier.

For Yahweh your God, he is God of gods, and Lord of lords, the great God, the mighty, and the awesome, who doesn’t respect persons, nor takes reward. — read the full passage →

But he who does wrong will receive again for the wrong that he has done, and there is no partiality.

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.

Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and don’t be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:

Therefore let us also, seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, — read the full passage →

Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married; for he had married a Cushite woman. — read the full passage →

We know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and he who remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him. — read the full passage →

Now there was a certain man in Caesarea, Cornelius by name, a centurion of what was called the Italian Regiment, — read the full passage →

Are you not like the children of the Ethiopians to me, children of Israel?” says Yahweh. “Haven’t I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt, and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir?

Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may you also do good, who are accustomed to do evil.

My brothers, don’t hold the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ of glory with partiality. — read the full passage →

There is one body, and one Spirit, even as you also were called in one hope of your calling; — read the full passage →

Don’t be afraid of the things which you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested; and you will have oppression for ten days. Be faithful to death, and I will give you the crown of life.

He who says he is in the light and hates his brother, is in the darkness even until now.

Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen.

For I am already being offered, and the time of my departure has come. — read the full passage →

I command you in the sight of God, and Christ Jesus, and the chosen angels, that you observe these things without prejudice, doing nothing by partiality.