Therefore I do not run aimlessly; I do not fight like I am beating the air.
Therefore, brothers, strive to make your calling and election sure. For if you practice these things you will never stum
For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
Likewise, a competitor does not receive the crown unless he competes according to the rules.
To this end I also labor, striving with all His energy working powerfully within me.
“Make every effort to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able.
For this reason, even though I suffer as I do, I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced tha
As a fellow elder, a witness of Christ’s sufferings, and a partaker of the glory to be revealed, I appeal to the elders
For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of
So it is with you. Unless you speak intelligible words with your tongue, how will anyone know what you are saying? You w
We are confident, then, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.
Therefore, while the promise of entering His rest still stands, let us be careful that none of you be deemed to have fal
For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is dismantled, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven,
From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven has been subject to violence, and the violent lay cla