Bible verses about "running" | WPNT

²⁴ Do you not know that in a stadium race all the runners run, but one gets the prize? Run like that, that you may win. ²⁵ All athletic competitors exercise general self-control—they do it in order to receive a perishable crown, but we an imperishable one. ²⁶ So that is how I ‘run’, with a definite goal; that is how I fight, with well-aimed blows. ²⁷ Yes, I discipline my body and bring it into subjection, lest, having preached to others, I myself should be rejected.

¹² A man who endures testing is blessed, because upon becoming approved he will receive the crown of the life that the Lord has promised to those loving Him.

⁷ I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.

¹ So then, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, we too must run with endurance the race that is set before us, laying aside every impediment and the sin that so easily ensnares,

¹² —not that I have already obtained it or have already been perfected; but I press on to actually claim that for which Christ Jesus claimed me. ¹³ Brothers, I do not consider that I have already claimed it, but this: forgetting the things behind and straining toward those ahead, ¹⁴ I press on toward the goal for the prize, the upward call from God because of Christ Jesus.

⁷ You were running well; who hindered you from obeying the truth?

²⁶ So that is how I ‘run’, with a definite goal; that is how I fight, with well-aimed blows.

¹³ So the one who perseveres to the end, he will be saved.

¹ So then, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, we too must run with endurance the race that is set before us, laying aside every impediment and the sin that so easily ensnares, ² looking unto Jesus, the Founder and Perfecter of the Faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured a cross, scorning its ignominy, and took His seat at the right hand of the throne of God.

³ Not only so, but we should also rejoice in the sufferings, knowing that the suffering produces perseverance; ⁴ and the perseverance, proven character; and the proven character, hope;

²⁴ Do you not know that in a stadium race all the runners run, but one gets the prize? Run like that, that you may win.