1 Corinthians 9:24

Bible in Basic English 1965

Do you not see that in a running competition all take part, but only one gets the reward? So let your minds be fixed on the reward.

Cross References

Psalm 19:5

Who is like a newly married man coming from his bride-tent, and is glad like a strong runner starting on his way.

Ecclesiastes 9:11

And again I saw under the sun that the reward goes not to him who is quick, or the fruits of war to the strong; and there is no bread for the wise, or wealth for men of learning, or respect for those who have knowledge; but time and chance come to all.

Jeremiah 12:5

If running with the fighting-men has made you tired, how will you be able to keep up with horses? and if in a land of peace you go in flight, what will become of you in the thick growth of Jordan?

Hosea 12:10

My word came to the ears of the prophets and I gave them visions in great number, and by the mouths of the prophets I made use of comparisons.

Romans 6:16

Are you not conscious that you are the servants of him to whom you give yourselves to do his desire? if to sin, the end being death, or if to do the desire of God, the end being righteousness.

1 Corinthians 9:13

Do you not see that the servants of the holy things get their living from the Temple, and the servants of the altar have their part in the food which is offered on the altar?

1 Corinthians 9:23

And I do all things for the cause of the good news, so that I may have a part in it.

1 Corinthians 9:26

So then I am running, not uncertainly; so I am fighting, not as one who gives blows in the air:

Galatians 2:2

And I went up by revelation; and I put before them the good news which I was preaching among the Gentiles, but privately before those who were of good name, so that the work which I was or had been doing might not be without effect.

Galatians 5:7

You were going on well; who was the cause of your not giving ear to what is true?

Philippians 2:16

Offering the word of life; so that I may have glory in you in the day of Christ, because my running was not for nothing and my work was not without effect.

Philippians 3:12

Not as if I had even now got the reward or been made complete: but I go on in the hope that I may come to the knowledge of that for which I was made the servant of Christ Jesus.

Philippians 3:14

I go forward to the mark, even the reward of the high purpose of God in Christ Jesus.

Colossians 2:18

Let no man take your reward from you by consciously making little of himself and giving worship to angels; having his thoughts fixed on the things which he has seen, being foolishly lifted up in his natural mind,

Hebrews 12:1

For this reason, as we are circled by so great a cloud of witnesses, putting off every weight, and the sin into which we come so readily, let us keep on running in the way which is marked out for us,

James 1:12

There is a blessing on the man who undergoes testing; because, if he has God's approval, he will be given the crown of life, which the Lord has said he will give to those who have love for him.

Revelation 3:11

I come quickly: keep that which you have, so that no one may take your crown.