“Strive to enter through the narrow door, for many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able.
2 Timothy 2:5 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 And in the case of an athlete, no one is crowned without competing according to the rules. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And if anyone enters competitive games, he is not crowned unless he competes lawfully (fairly, according to the rules laid down). American Standard Version (1901) And if also a man contend in the games, he is not crowned, except he have contended lawfully. Common English Bible Also in the same way, athletes don’t win unless they follow the rules. Catholic Public Domain Version Then, too, whoever strives in a competition is not crowned, unless he has competed lawfully. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For he also that striveth for the mastery, is not crowned, except he strive lawfully. |
“Strive to enter through the narrow door, for many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able.
For this I toil and strive with all the energy that he powerfully inspires within me.
In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.
You have made them for a little while lower than the angels; you have crowned them with glory and honor,
but we do see Jesus, who for a little while was made lower than the angels, now crowned with glory and honor because of the suffering of death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone.
Blessed is anyone who endures temptation. Such a one has stood the test and will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him.
And when the chief shepherd appears, you will win the crown of glory that never fades away.
Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Beware, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison so that you may be tested, and for ten days you will have affliction. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life.
I am coming soon; hold fast to what you have, so that no one takes away your crown.
the twenty-four elders fall before the one who is seated on the throne and worship the one who lives forever and ever; they cast their crowns before the throne, singing,
Around the throne are twenty-four thrones, and seated on the thrones are twenty-four elders, dressed in white robes, with golden crowns on their heads.