1 Corinthians 9:24

Catholic Public Domain Version

Do you not know that, of those who run in a race, all of them, certainly, are runners, but only one achieves the prize. Similarly, you must run, so that you may achieve.

Cross References

Psalm 19:5

May he grant to you according to your heart, and confirm all your counsels.

Ecclesiastes 9:11

I turned myself toward another thing, and I saw that under the sun, the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor wealth to the learned, nor grace to the skilful: but there is a time and an end for all these things.

Jeremiah 12:5

"If you have struggled to run on foot, how will you be able to compete with horses? And if you have been secure in a land of peace, what will you do about the arrogance of the Jordan?

Hosea 12:10

And I have spoken through the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and I have used parables through the hands of the prophets.

Romans 6:16

Do you not know to whom you are offering yourselves as servants under obedience? You are the servants of whomever you obey: whether of sin, unto death, or of obedience, unto justice.

1 Corinthians 9:13

Do you not know that those who work in the holy place eat the things that are for the holy place, and that those who serve at the altar also share with the altar?

1 Corinthians 9:23

And I do everything for the sake of the Gospel, so that I may become its partner.

1 Corinthians 9:26

And so I run, but not with uncertainty. And so I fight, but not by flailing in the air.

Galatians 2:2

And I went up according to revelation, and I debated with them about the Gospel that I am preaching among the Gentiles, but away from those who were pretending to be something, lest perhaps I might run, or have run, in vain.

Galatians 5:7

You have run well. So what has impeded you, that you would not obey the truth?

Philippians 2:16

holding to the Word of Life, until my glory in the day of Christ. For I have not run in vain, nor have I labored in vain.

Philippians 3:12

It is not as though I have already received this, or were already perfect. But rather I pursue, so that by some means I might attain, that in which I have already been attained by Christ Jesus.

Philippians 3:14

I pursue the destination, the prize of the heavenly calling of God in Christ Jesus.

Colossians 2:18

Let no one seduce you, preferring base things and a religion of Angels, walking according to what he has not seen, being vainly inflated by the sensations of his flesh,

Hebrews 12:1

Furthermore, since we also have so great a cloud of witnesses over us, let us set aside every burden and sin which may surround us, and advance, through patience, to the struggle offered to us.

James 1:12

Blessed is the man who suffers temptation. For when he has been proven, he shall receive the crown of life which God has promised to those who love him.

Revelation 3:11

Behold, I am approaching quickly. Hold on to what you have, so that no one may take your crown.