Spiritual Life Likened to Athletic ContestsMore Examples
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Acts 20:24 . . . bonds and afflictions wait for me. But these things don’t count; nor do I hold my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my race with joy . . . Galatians 2:2 . . . for fear that I might be running, or had run, in vain. Galatians 5:7 You were running well! Who interfered with you . . . ? 1 Timothy 6:12 Fight the good fight of faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called, and you confessed the good confession in the sight of many witnesses. 2 Timothy 2:5 . . . if anyone competes in athletics, he isn’t crowned unless he has competed by the rules. 2 Timothy 4:7 I have fought the good fight. I have finished the course. I have kept the faith. Hebrews 12:1 Therefore let us also, seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us
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