1 Corinthians 9:26 Cross References - CAB

²⁶ Therefore I run thus: not as without a goal, thus I box: not as one beating the air.

¹² And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and violent men seize it.

²⁴ Strive to enter through the narrow gate, because many, I say to you, will seek to enter and will not be able.

⁹ So also you, if you do not give a clear word by the tongue, how will it be known what is being spoken? For you will be speaking into the air.

¹ For we know that if our earthly house, this tent, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made by hand, eternal in the heavens.

⁸ but we are confident and prefer rather to be away from home from the body, and to be at home with the Lord.

¹² For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual forces of evil in the heavenlies.

²¹ For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

²⁹ for which I also labor, striving according to His working which is working in me with power.

¹² For which cause I also suffer these things; but I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed, and I have been persuaded that He is able to guard that which I have committed to Him until that Day.

⁵ And also if anyone competes in athletics, he is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules.

¹ Therefore let us fear, lest while the promise remains to enter into His rest, anyone of you seems to have fallen short.

¹ The elders who are among you I exhort, as a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed;

¹⁰ Therefore, brothers, be even more diligent to make your calling and election sure, for by doing these things you shall by no means stumble at any time.