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How Nave’s arranged it

• Foot races1 Corinthians 9:241 Corinthians 9:26Galatians 2:2Philippians 2:16Hebrews 12:1
• Gladiatorial1 Corinthians 1:91 Corinthians 9:261 Corinthians 15:322 Timothy 4:7
• FIGURATIVE
• Of the Christian life1 Corinthians 9:241 Corinthians 9:26Galatians 5:7Philippians 2:16Philippians 3:14Hebrews 12:1
• Of a successful ministryGalatians 2:2Philippians 2:16
• Fighting wild "beasts", of spiritual conflict1 Corinthians 4:91 Corinthians 9:261 Corinthians 15:322 Timothy 4:7

The passages, in Bible order (11)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 11 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. 1 Corinthians 1:9

   God, who has called you into fellowship with His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful.

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   “Believe in Christ always, because you were called for no other purpose than to be one with us in him.

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2. 1 Corinthians 4:9

   For it seems to me that God has displayed us apostles at the end of the procession, like prisoners appointed for death. We have become a spectacle to the whole world, to angels as well as to men.

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   “And so he who was a good athlete said: "We are made a spectacle to this world and to Angels." Worthy indeed was he to be gazed upon by Angels, when he was striving to attain the prize of Christ, when he was striving to lead on earth the life of Angels, and overcome the wickedness of spirits in heaven, for he wrestled with spiritual wickedness. Rightly did the world gaze upon him, that it might imitate him.

   “For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last,....

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3. 1 Corinthians 9:24

   Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way as to take the prize.

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   “On this account also Paul the Apostle says to the Corinthians, "Know ye not, that they who run in a racecourse, do all indeed run, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain. Every one also who engages in the contest is temperate in all things: now these men do it that they may obtain a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible.

   “Know ye not that they which run in a race,....

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4. 1 Corinthians 9:26

   Therefore I do not run aimlessly; I do not fight like I am beating the air.

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   “And so Paul, like a good athlete, not only knew how to avoid the blows of opposing powers, but also how to strike back. Therefore he says: I beat my body and make it my slave, so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize. And so, like a good athlete, he deserved to reach the crown.

   “I therefore so run,....

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5. 1 Corinthians 15:32

   If I fought wild beasts in Ephesus for human motives, what did I gain? If the dead are not raised, “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.”

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   “If all hope of the resurrection is lost, let us eat and drink and lose not the enjoyment of the things present, for we have none to come.… The Epicureans say they are followers of pleasure because death means nothing to them, because that which is dissolved has no feeling, and that which has no feeling means nothing to us. Thus they show that they are living only carnally, not spiritually. They do not discharge the duty of the soul but only of the flesh.

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6. Galatians 2:2

   I went in response to a revelation and set before them the gospel that I preach among the Gentiles. But I spoke privately to those recognized as leaders, for fear that I was running or had already run in vain.

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   “(Chapter 2 - Verses 1, 2) Then after fourteen years, I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus along also. I went up by revelation, and I discussed with them the gospel that I preach to the Gentiles, but privately with those who seemed to be influential, so that I might not be running in vain or have run in vain. This matter arose because of false brothers secretly brought in, who slipped in to spy out our freedom that we have in Christ Jesus, so that they might bring us into slavery.

   “What he says [about meeting privately] could be understood as meaning that the grace of evangelical liberty and the obsolescence of the law that was now abolished was discussed in confidence with the apostles on account of the many Jewish believers who were not yet able to hear that Christ was the fulfillment and end of the law. And these men, when Paul was absent, had boasted in Jerusalem that he was running and had run in vain when he supposed that the old law was not to be followed.

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7. Galatians 5:7

   You were running so well. Who has obstructed you from obeying the truth?

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   “(Verse 7.) You were running well. Who hindered you from obeying the truth? The Latin translator, in his interpretation, put 'not obeying the truth', which is written in Greek as 'τῇ ἀληθείᾳ μὴ πείθεσθαι'. He interpreted it in the previous place as 'not believing the truth', which we noted in its proper place because it is not found in ancient manuscripts, although the Greek copies have been confused by this error.

   “Ye did run well,.... In the Christian race; when they first set out in a profession of religion, they embraced and held fast, and were zealously attached to the truths of the Gospel; they were in the lively exercise of grace on its proper object, and very diligent in the discharge of duty; they made great proficiency in the knowledge of divine things, and ran with cheerfulness and without weariness in the ways of Christ, and in the paths of truth and holiness.

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8. Philippians 2:16

   as you hold forth the word of life, in order that I may boast on the day of Christ that I did not run or labor in vain.

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   "Holding forth the word of life," that is, having within yourselves the seed of life and intending to continue living thus, and already now having within yourselves the pledge of salvation. Or: just as luminaries shine and enliven bodies by warming them, so you too …

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9. Philippians 3:14

   I press on toward the goal to win the prize of God’s heavenly calling in Christ Jesus.

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   “Secondly, he shows what his destination is, namely, straining forward to what lies ahead, i.e., which pertains to faith in Christ or greater merits or heavenly things: "They go from strength to strength" (Ps. 84:7). He says straining forward, because a person who wishes to …

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10. 2 Timothy 4:7

    I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.

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    “For I am of the opinion that no creature can be perfect according to true and consummate justice. Moreover, no one denies that one individual differs from another individual. I know that there are different measures of justice among men, that one individual is greater or lesser than another individual and that individuals who are not just in comparison with other individuals can still be called just according to their own standard and measure.

    “I have fought a good fight,....

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11. Hebrews 12:1

    Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off every encumbrance and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with endurance the race set out for us.

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    “Thus the humility and godly submission of so great and illustrious men have rendered not only us, but also all the generations before us, better; even as many as have received His oracles in fear and truth. Wherefore, having so many great and glorious examples set before us, let us turn again to the practice of that peace which from the beginning was the mark set before us; and let us look steadfastly to the Father and Creator of the universe, and cleave to His mighty and surpassingly great gifts and benefactions of peace.

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