Run The Race

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,

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 →

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.

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

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

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 →

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

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.

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.

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. — read the full passage →

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

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.

“Enter in by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many are those who enter in by it. — read the full passage →

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

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

Seek Yahweh while he may be found; call you on him while he is near: — read the full passage →

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

For you need endurance so that, having done the will of God, you may receive the promise.

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

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 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.

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.

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

Therefore I endure all things for the chosen ones’ sake, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

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 →

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.

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.

Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will not be hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty.

Jesus answered her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will thirst again, — read the full passage →

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

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

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.

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 I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me. — 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.

Again he began to teach by the seaside. A great multitude was gathered to him, so that he entered into a boat in the sea, and sat down. All the multitude were on the land by the sea. — 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.

Behold, we call them blessed who endured. You have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the Lord in the outcome, and how the Lord is full of compassion and mercy.

You have not yet resisted to blood, striving against sin;

who, through faith subdued kingdoms, worked out righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,

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.

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,

Therefore God also highly exalted him, and gave to him the name which is above every name;

being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.

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

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

Or don’t you know that the unrighteous will not inherit the Kingdom of God? Don’t be deceived. Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor male prostitutes, nor homosexuals, — read the full passage →

For, “Whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

and if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint heirs with Christ; if indeed we suffer with him, that we may also be glorified with him.

For if you live after the flesh, you must die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

Now these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of the mind, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so.

I pray for them. I don’t pray for the world, but for those whom you have given me, for they are yours.

“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest.

If your right eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and throw it away from you. For it is more profitable for you that one of your members should perish, than for your whole body to be cast into Gehenna. — read the full passage →

Haven’t you known? Haven’t you heard? The everlasting God, Yahweh, The Creator of the ends of the earth, doesn’t faint. He isn’t weary. His understanding is unsearchable. — read the full passage →

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.

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

as newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the Word, that with it you may grow,

But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves. — read the full passage →

It is for discipline that you endure. God deals with you as with children, for what son is there whom his father doesn’t discipline?

For by this, the elders obtained testimony.

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

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

Let no one rob you of your prize by a voluntary humility and worshiping of the angels, dwelling in the things which he has not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,

So then, my beloved, even as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. — read the full passage →

For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world’s rulers of the darkness of this age, and against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. — read the full passage →

that you put away, as concerning your former way of life, the old man, that grows corrupt after the lusts of deceit;

even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and without defect before him in love;

Now the works of the flesh are obvious, which are: adultery, sexual immorality, uncleanness, lustfulness, — read the full passage →

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

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 →

Not only this, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering works perseverance; — read the full passage →

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

Then they will deliver you up to oppression, and will kill you. You will be hated by all of the nations for my name’s sake.

But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

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.

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.

I am coming quickly! Hold firmly that which you have, so that no one takes your crown.

He who overcomes will be arrayed in white garments, and I will in no way blot his name out of the book of life, and I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.

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,

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 →

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

knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.

to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better than that of Abel.

Therefore lift up the hands that hang down and the feeble knees,

All chastening seems for the present to be not joyous but grievous; yet afterward it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been exercised thereby.

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

Therefore don’t throw away your boldness, which has a great reward. — read the full passage →

For the word of God is living, and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and is able to discern the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

for Demas left me, having loved this present world, and went to Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.

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

But you be sober in all things, suffer hardship, do the work of an evangelist, and fulfill your ministry.

Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,