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.
Likewise, a competitor does not receive the crown unless he competes according to the rules.
Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison to test you, and y
Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made the good confess
I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life tha
I am coming soon. Hold fast to what you have, so that no one will take your crown.
and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness;
and into an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, reserved in heaven for you,
And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that will never fade away.
For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of
gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
Therefore, since we are receiving an unshakable kingdom, let us be filled with gratitude, and so worship God acceptably
When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is writ
In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.
Instead, he must be hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined.
the twenty-four elders fall down before the One seated on the throne, and they worship Him who lives forever and ever. T
Surrounding the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and on these thrones sat twenty-four elders dressed in white, wit
Older men are to be temperate, dignified, self-controlled, and sound in faith, love, and perseverance.