2 Timothy 2:5
Likewise, a competitor does not receive the crown unless he competes according to the rules.
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Cross references
- 1 Corinthians 9:24–26 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. Everyone who competes in the games trains with strict discipline. They do it for a crown that is perishable, but we do it for a crown that is imperishable. Therefore I do not run aimlessly; I do not fight like I am beating the air.
- Revelation 3:11 I am coming soon. Hold fast to what you have, so that no one will take your crown.
- 2 Timothy 4:7–8 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. From now on there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day — and not only to me, but to all who crave His appearing.