Spiritual Life Likened to Athletic Contests

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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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