Running

Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.

Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, — read the full passage →

And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; — read the full passage →

Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain. — read the full passage →

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

Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.

Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth?

I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air:

Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus. — read the full passage →

Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.

And I went up by revelation, and communicated unto them that gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to them which were of reputation, lest by any means I should run, or had run, in vain.

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

I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, — read the full passage →

Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.

Then arose Peter, and ran unto the sepulchre; and stooping down, he beheld the linen clothes laid by themselves, and departed, wondering in himself at that which was come to pass.

Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand. — read the full passage →

And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully.

Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.

Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.

For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.

Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, — read the full passage →

But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.

And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men; — read the full passage →

Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.

When Jesus saw that the people came running together, he rebuked the foul spirit, saying unto him, Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I charge thee, come out of him, and enter no more into him.

Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.

And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.

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

For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.

But refuse profane and old wives’ fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness. — read the full passage →

But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil.

Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,

Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,

Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.

For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;

Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;

Am I not an apostle? am I not free? have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? are not ye my work in the Lord? — read the full passage →

What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? — read the full passage →

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;

That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

For I say unto you, That unto every one which hath shall be given; and from him that hath not, even that he hath shall be taken away from him.

Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.

Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.

Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.

He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.

Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby. — read the full passage →

For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.

No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.

That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;

Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? — read the full passage →