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1 Corinthians 9:26
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1 Corinthians 9:26
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26 I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air:
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1 Corinthians 9:26
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26 Therefore I do not run like someone running aimlessly;(A) I do not fight like a boxer beating the air.(B)
2 Peter 1:10
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2 Peter 1:10
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10 Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:
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2 Peter 1:10
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2 Peter 1:10
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10 Therefore, my brothers and sisters,[a] make every effort to confirm your calling(A) and election. For if you do these things, you will never stumble,(B)
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- 2 Peter 1:10 The Greek word for brothers and sisters (adelphoi) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God’s family.
Philippians 1:21
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Philippians 1:21
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21 For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
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Philippians 1:21
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21 For to me, to live is Christ(A) and to die is gain.
2 Timothy 2:5
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2 Timothy 2:5
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5 And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully.
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2 Timothy 2:5
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2 Timothy 2:5
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5 Similarly, anyone who competes as an athlete does not receive the victor’s crown(A) except by competing according to the rules.
Colossians 1:29
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Colossians 1:29
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29 Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.
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Colossians 1:29
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Colossians 1:29
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Luke 13:24
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Luke 13:24
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24 Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
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Luke 13:24
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Luke 13:24
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24 “Make every effort to enter through the narrow door,(A) because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to.
2 Timothy 1:12
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2 Timothy 1:12
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12 For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.
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2 Timothy 1:12
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2 Timothy 1:12
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12 That is why I am suffering as I am. Yet this is no cause for shame,(A) because I know whom I have believed, and am convinced that he is able to guard(B) what I have entrusted to him until that day.(C)
1 Peter 5:1
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1 Peter 5:1
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5 The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:
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1 Peter 5:1
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1 Peter 5:1
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To the Elders and the Flock
5 To the elders among you, I appeal as a fellow elder(A) and a witness(B) of Christ’s sufferings who also will share in the glory to be revealed:(C)
Hebrews 4:1
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Hebrews 4:1
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4 Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.
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Hebrews 4:1
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Hebrews 4:1
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A Sabbath-Rest for the People of God
4 Therefore, since the promise of entering his rest still stands, let us be careful that none of you be found to have fallen short of it.(A)
Ephesians 6:12
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Ephesians 6:12
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12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
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Ephesians 6:12
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Ephesians 6:12
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12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood,(A) but against the rulers, against the authorities,(B) against the powers(C) of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.(D)
2 Corinthians 5:8
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2 Corinthians 5:8
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8 We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.
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2 Corinthians 5:8
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8 We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.(A)
2 Corinthians 5:1
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2 Corinthians 5:1
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5 For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
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2 Corinthians 5:1
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2 Corinthians 5:1
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Awaiting the New Body
5 For we know that if the earthly(A) tent(B) we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.
1 Corinthians 14:9
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1 Corinthians 14:9
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9 So likewise ye, except ye utter by the tongue words easy to be understood, how shall it be known what is spoken? for ye shall speak into the air.
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1 Corinthians 14:9
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1 Corinthians 14:9
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9 So it is with you. Unless you speak intelligible words with your tongue, how will anyone know what you are saying? You will just be speaking into the air.
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