Winning

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

But he said, “The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.”

For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world: your faith. — read the full passage →

But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

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.

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 →

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.

So the last will be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few are chosen.”

doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself;

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

Light dawns in the darkness for the upright, gracious, merciful, and righteous.

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,

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 →

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

And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men, — read the full passage →

Let us not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season, if we don’t give up.

for Yahweh your God is he who goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.”

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Will a man rob God? Yet you rob me! But you say, ‘How have we robbed you?’ In tithes and offerings.

He took them in his arms, and blessed them, laying his hands on them.

The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life. He who is wise wins souls.

But God commends his own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

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

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

The horse is prepared for the day of battle; but victory is with Yahweh.

For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world: your faith.

Therefore prepare your minds for action, be sober and set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ— — read the full passage →

Therefore put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and, having done all, to stand.

Those who are wise shall shine as the brightness of the expanse; and those who turn many to righteousness as the stars forever and ever.

Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid or scared of them; for Yahweh your God himself is who goes with you. He will not fail you nor forsake you.”

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

“The lord said to the servant, ‘Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.

A man’s goings are established by Yahweh. He delights in his way. — read the full passage →

But for the cowardly, unbelieving, sinners, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers,idolaters, and all liars, their part is in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”

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 →

If it is possible, as much as it is up to you, be at peace with all men.

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

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.

Now thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and reveals through us the sweet aroma of his knowledge in every place.

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.

The king’s servants said to him, “Behold, Haman stands in the court.” The king said, “Let him come in.”

For him who knew no sin he made to be sin on our behalf; so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

Therefore as sin entered into the world through one man, and death through sin; and so death passed to all men, because all sinned.

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

Looking at them, Jesus said, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

For we have all become as one who is unclean, and all our righteousness is as a polluted garment: and we all fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.

not by works of righteousness, which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy, he saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit,

who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,

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.

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,

He said to them, “Go into all the world, and preach the Good News to the whole creation.

He called the multitude to himself with his disciples, and said to them, “Whoever wants to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. — read the full passage →

It is not good to eat much honey; nor is it honorable to seek one’s own honor.

Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring you to God; being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit;

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are in the Dispersion: Greetings. — read the full passage →

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

Put on therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance;

Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service. — read the full passage →

They said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household.”

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.

Then David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a javelin: but I come to you in the name of Yahweh of Armies, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. — read the full passage →

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

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

for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, — read the full passage →

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

Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes, — read the full passage →

As it is written, “There is no one righteous; no, not one.

One who believes in the Son has eternal life, but one who disobeys the Son won’t see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.”

Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens his friend’s countenance.

Commit your way to Yahweh. Trust also in him, and he will do this:

But he stood in the midst of the plot, and defended it, and killed the Philistines; and Yahweh worked a great victory.

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.

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 →

yet knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, even we believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ, and not by the works of the law, because no flesh will be justified by the works of the law.

that if you will confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

that if you will confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. — read the full passage →

As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save many people alive.

He who overcomes, I will give to him to sit down with me on my throne, as I also overcame, and sat down with my Father on his throne.

For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some have been led astray from the faith in their greed, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

But as many as received him, to them he gave the right to become God’s children, to those who believe in his name:

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 →

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 →

For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some have been led astray from the faith in their greed, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows. — read the full passage →

to the end that you should walk worthily of God, who calls you into his own Kingdom and glory.

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

But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts; and always be ready to give an answer to everyone who asks you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, with humility and fear:

The things which you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit the same to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also.

Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace,

in whom we have our redemption, the forgiveness of our sins;

He put all things in subjection under his feet, and gave him to be head over all things for the assembly, — read the full passage →

to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen. — read the full passage →

To the weak I became as weak, that I might gain the weak. I have become all things to all men, that I may by all means save some.

And how will they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the Good News of peace, who bring glad tidings of good things!”

Jesus came to them and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth. — read the full passage →

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you. You will be witnesses to me in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the uttermost parts of the earth.”

You didn’t choose me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain; that whatever you will ask of the Father in my name, he may give it to you.

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 →

But we speak God’s wisdom in a mystery, the wisdom that has been hidden, which God foreordained before the worlds for our glory, — read the full passage →