1 Corinthians 9:24

Twentieth Century New Testament 1904

Do not you know that on a race-course, though all run, yet only one wins the prize? Run in such a way that you may win.

Cross References

Romans 6:16

Surely you know that, when you offer yourselves as servants, to obey any one, you are the servants of the person whom you obey, whether the service be that of Sin which leads to Death, or that of Duty which leads to Righteousness.

1 Corinthians 9:13

Do not you know that those who do the work of the Temple live on what comes from the Temple, and that those who serve at the altar share the offerings with the altar?

1 Corinthians 9:23

And I do everything for the sake of the Good News, that with them I may share in its blessings.

1 Corinthians 9:26

I, therefore, run with no uncertain aim. I box-not like a man hitting the air.

Galatians 2:2

It was in obedience to a revelation that I went; and I laid before the Apostles the Good News that I am proclaiming among the Gentiles. I did this privately before those who are thought highly of, for fear that I might possibly be taking, or might have already taken, a course which would prove useless.

Galatians 5:7

You were once making good progress! Who has hindered you from obeying the Truth?

Philippians 2:16

Offering to men the Message of Life; and then I shall be able at the Day of Christ to boast that I did not run my course for nothing, or toil for nothing.

Philippians 3:12

Not that I have already laid hold of it, or that I am already made perfect. But I press on, in the hope of actually laying hold of that for which indeed I was laid hold of by Christ Jesus.

Philippians 3:14

I press on to the goal, to gain the prize of that heavenward Call which God gave me through Christ Jesus.

Colossians 2:18

Do not let any one defraud you of the reality by affecting delight in so-called 'humility' and angel-worship. Such a man busies himself with his visions, and without reason is rendered conceited by his merely human intellect.

Hebrews 12:1

Seeing, therefore, that there is on every side of us such a throng of witnesses, let us also lay aside everything that hinders us, and the sin that clings about us, and run with patient endurance the race that lies before us,

James 1:12

Blessed is the man who remains firm under temptation, for, when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of Life, which the Lord has promised to those who love him.

Revelation 3:11

I will come quickly. Hold to what you have received, that no one may take your crown.