1 Corinthians 9:26
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26 So I do not run aimlessly, nor do I box as though beating the air,
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2 Peter 1:10
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10 Therefore, brothers and sisters, be all the more eager to confirm your call and election, for if you do this, you will never stumble.
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Philippians 1:21
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21 For to me, living is Christ and dying is gain.
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2 Timothy 2:5
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5 And in the case of an athlete, no one is crowned without competing according to the rules.(A)
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Colossians 1:29
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29 For this I toil and strive with all the energy that he powerfully inspires within me.(A)
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Luke 13:24
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24 “Strive to enter through the narrow door, for many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able.(A)
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2 Timothy 1:12
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12 and for this reason I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, for I know the one in whom I have put my trust, and I am sure that he is able to guard until that day the deposit I have entrusted to him.[a](A)
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- 1.12 Or the deposit he has entrusted to me
1 Peter 5:1
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Tending the Flock of God
5 Now as an elder myself and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, as well as one who shares in the glory to be revealed, I exhort the elders among you(A)
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Hebrews 4:1
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The Rest That God Promised
4 Therefore, while the promise of entering his rest is still open, let us take care that none of you should seem to have failed to reach it.(A)
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Ephesians 6:12
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12 for our[a] struggle is not against blood and flesh but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers of this present[b] darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.[c](A)
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2 Corinthians 5:8
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8 Yes, we do have confidence, and we would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord.
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2 Corinthians 5:1
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5 For we know that, if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.(A)
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1 Corinthians 14:9
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9 So with yourselves: If in a tongue you utter speech that is not intelligible, how will anyone know what is being said? For you will be speaking into the air.(A)
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Matthew 11:12
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12 From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven has suffered violence,[a] and violent people take it by force.(A)
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