1 Corinthians 9:26 Cross References - VIN

²⁶ Therefore I do not run aimlessly; I do not fight like I am beating the air.

¹² From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven has been subject to violence, and the violent lay claim to it.

²⁴ "Make every effort to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able to,

⁹ So it is with you. Unless you speak intelligible words with your tongue, how will anyone know what you are saying? You will just be speaking into the air.

¹ Now we know that if the earthly tent we live in is dismantled, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.

⁸ We are confident, then, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.

¹² For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this world’s darkness, and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.

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

²⁹ To this end I labor, striving with all His energy working powerfully within me.

¹² This is why I am suffering as I am, but I am not ashamed of it, for I know whom I have trusted and I am sure that he is able to guard what I have intrusted to him for that Day.

⁵ And if a person competes as an athlete, he is not awarded the victor’s crown unless he competes according to the rules.

¹ Therefore, while the promise of entering His rest still stands, let us be careful that none of you be deemed to have fallen short of it.

¹ The elders among you I exhort, who am a fellowelder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, who am also a sharer in the glory that is to be revealed;

¹⁰ Therefore, brethren, be all the more eager to make your calling and election sure. For if you do these things, you will never fall;