1 Corinthians 9:26

New Century Version

So I do not run without a goal. I fight like a boxer who is hitting something—not just the air.

Cross References

Matthew 11:12

Since the time John the Baptist came until now, the kingdom of heaven has been going forward in strength, and people have been trying to take it by force.

Luke 13:24

“Try hard to enter through the narrow door, because many people will try to enter there, but they will not be able.

1 Corinthians 14:9

It is the same with you. Unless you speak clearly with your tongue, no one can understand what you are saying. You will be talking into the air!

2 Corinthians 5:1

We know that our body—the tent we live in here on earth—will be destroyed. But when that happens, God will have a house for us. It will not be a house made by human hands; instead, it will be a home in heaven that will last forever.

2 Corinthians 5:8

So I say that we have courage. We really want to be away from this body and be at home with the Lord.

Galatians 2:2

I went because God showed me I should go. I met with the believers there, and in private I told their leaders the Good News that I preach to the non-Jewish people. I did not want my past work and the work I am now doing to be wasted.

Ephesians 6:12

Our fight is not against people on earth but against the rulers and authorities and the powers of this world’s darkness, against the spiritual powers of evil in the heavenly world.

Philippians 1:21

To me the only important thing about living is Christ, and dying would be profit for me.

Colossians 1:29

To do this, I work and struggle, using Christ’s great strength that works so powerfully in me.

2 Timothy 1:12

I am suffering now because I tell the Good News, but I am not ashamed, because I know Jesus, the One in whom I have believed. And I am sure he is able to protect what he has trusted me with until that day.

2 Timothy 2:5

Also an athlete who takes part in a contest must obey all the rules in order to win.

2 Timothy 4:7

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

Hebrews 12:1

We are surrounded by a great cloud of people whose lives tell us what faith means. So let us run the race that is before us and never give up. We should remove from our lives anything that would get in the way and the sin that so easily holds us back.

Hebrews 4:1

Now, since God has left us the promise that we may enter his rest, let us be very careful so none of you will fail to enter.

1 Peter 5:1

Now I have something to say to the elders in your group. I also am an elder. I have seen Christ’s sufferings, and I will share in the glory that will be shown to us. I beg you to

2 Peter 1:10

My brothers and sisters, try hard to be certain that you really are called and chosen by God. If you do all these things, you will never fall.

Judges 3:2

(The only reason the Lord left those nations in the land was to teach the descendants of the Israelites who had not fought in those wars how to fight.)