1 Corinthians 9:26

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

Well, I do not run aimlessly, I do not box as one beating the air;

Cross References

Matthew 11:12

From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven has suffered violence, and men of violence take it by force.

Luke 13:24

“Strive to enter by the narrow door; for many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able.

1 Corinthians 14:9

So with yourselves; if you in a tongue utter speech that is not intelligible, how will any one know what is said? For you will be speaking into the air.

2 Corinthians 5:1

For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

2 Corinthians 5:8

We are of good courage, and we would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord.

Galatians 2:2

I went up by revelation; and I laid before them (but privately before those who were of repute) the gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, lest somehow I should be running or had run in vain.

Ephesians 6:12

For we are not contending against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world rulers of this present darkness, against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.

Philippians 1:21

For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

Colossians 1:29

For this I toil, striving with all the energy which he mightily inspires within me.

2 Timothy 1:12

and therefore I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed, and I am sure that he is able to guard until that Day what has been entrusted to me.

2 Timothy 2:5

An athlete is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules.

2 Timothy 4:7

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

Hebrews 12:1

Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us,

Hebrews 4:1

Therefore, while the promise of entering his rest remains, let us fear lest any of you be judged to have failed to reach it.

1 Peter 5:1

So I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ as well as a partaker in the glory that is to be revealed.

2 Peter 1:10

Therefore, brethren, be the more zealous to confirm your call and election, for if you do this you will never fall;

Judges 3:2

it was only that the generations of the people of Israel might know war, that he might teach war to such at least as had not known it before.