1 Corinthians 9:26

The English Standar Version

So 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,[4] and the violent take it by force.

Luke 13:24

"Strive to enter through 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 with your tongue you utter speech that is not intelligible, how will anyone know what is said? For you will be speaking into the air.

2 Corinthians 5:1

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

2 Corinthians 5:8

Yes, 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 because of a revelation and set before them (though privately before those who seemed influential) the gospel that I proclaim among the Gentiles, in order to make sure I was not running or had not run in vain.

Ephesians 6:12

For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil 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, struggling with all his energy that he powerfully works within me.

2 Timothy 1:12

which is why I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that he is able to guard until that Day what has been entrusted to me.[3]

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 endurance the race that is set before us,

Hebrews 4:1

Therefore, while the promise of entering his rest still stands, let us fear lest any of you should seem 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 going to be revealed:

2 Peter 1:10

Therefore, brothers,[7] be all the more diligent to make your calling and election sure, for if you practice these qualities you will never fall.

Judges 3:2

It was only in order that the generations of the people of Israel might know war, to teach war to those who had not known it before.