1 Corinthians 9:24

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1 Corinthians 9:22–26 · Berean Standard Bible

22 To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all people so that by all possible means I might save some.

23 I do all this for the sake of the gospel, so that I may share in its blessings.

24 Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way as to take the prize.

25 Everyone who competes in the games trains with strict discipline. They do it for a crown that is perishable, but we do it for a crown that is imperishable.

26 Therefore I do not run aimlessly; I do not fight like I am beating the air.

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“If you have raced with men on foot and they have worn you out, how can you compete with horses? If you stumble in a peaceful land, how will you do in the thickets of the Jordan?

1 Corinthians 9:26

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Galatians 2:2

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Galatians 5:7

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Philippians 2:16

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Philippians 3:14

I press on toward the goal to win the prize of God’s heavenly calling in Christ Jesus.

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I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.

2 Timothy 4:8

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Hebrews 12:1

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Revelation 3:11

I am coming soon. Hold fast to what you have, so that no one will take your crown.