2 Timothy 4:7
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7 (A)I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
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1 Timothy 6:12
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12 Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, to which you were also called and have confessed the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.
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1 Corinthians 9:24-27
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Striving for a Crown
24 Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? (A)Run in such a way that you may [a]obtain it. 25 And everyone who competes for the prize [b]is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a perishable crown, but we for (B)an imperishable crown. 26 Therefore I run thus: (C)not with uncertainty. Thus I fight: not as one who beats the air. 27 (D)But I discipline my body and (E)bring it into subjection, lest, when I have preached to others, I myself should become (F)disqualified.
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- 1 Corinthians 9:24 win
- 1 Corinthians 9:25 exercises self-control
Hebrews 12:1-2
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The Race of Faith
12 Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, (A)let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and (B)let us run (C)with endurance the race that is set before us, 2 looking unto Jesus, the [a]author and [b]finisher of our faith, (D)who for the joy that was set before Him (E)endured the cross, despising the shame, and (F)has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
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- Hebrews 12:2 originator
- Hebrews 12:2 perfecter
Acts 20:24
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24 [a]But (A)none of these things move me; nor do I count my life dear to myself, (B)so that I may finish my [b]race with joy, (C)and the ministry (D)which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God.
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- Acts 20:24 NU But I do not count my life of any value or dear to myself
- Acts 20:24 course
Philippians 3:13-14
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13 Brethren, I do not count myself to have [a]apprehended; but one thing I do, (A)forgetting those things which are behind and (B)reaching forward to those things which are ahead, 14 (C)I press toward the goal for the prize of (D)the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
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- Philippians 3:13 laid hold of it
John 4:34
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34 Jesus said to them, (A)“My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me, and to (B)finish His work.
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Revelation 3:8
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8 (A)“I know your works. See, I have set before you (B)an open door, [a]and no one can shut it; for you have a little strength, have kept My word, and have not denied My name.
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- Revelation 3:8 NU, M which no one can shut
Luke 11:28
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28 But He said, (A)“More than that, blessed are those who hear the word of God and keep it!”
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1 Timothy 1:18
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Fight the Good Fight
18 This [a]charge I commit to you, son Timothy, according to the prophecies previously made concerning you, that by them you may wage the good warfare,
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- 1 Timothy 1:18 command
Luke 8:15
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15 But the ones that fell on the good ground are those who, having heard the word with a noble and good heart, keep it and bear fruit with (A)patience.[a]
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- Luke 8:15 endurance
Revelation 3:10
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10 Because you have kept [a]My command to persevere, (A)I also will keep you from the hour of trial which shall come upon (B)the whole world, to test those who dwell (C)on the earth.
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- Revelation 3:10 Lit. the word of My patience
1 Timothy 6:20
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Guard the Faith
20 O Timothy! (A)Guard what was committed to your trust, (B)avoiding the profane and [a]idle babblings and contradictions of what is falsely called knowledge—
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- 1 Timothy 6:20 empty chatter
2 Timothy 1:14
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14 That good thing which was committed to you, keep by the Holy Spirit who dwells in us.
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Proverbs 23:23
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23 (A)Buy the truth, and do not sell it,
Also wisdom and instruction and understanding.
Acts 13:25
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25 And as John was finishing his course, he said, (A)‘Who do you think I am? I am not He. But behold, (B)there comes One after me, the sandals of whose feet I am not worthy to loose.’
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