1 Corinthians 9:24 New King James Version (NKJV)

Striving for a Crown

²⁴ Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may ^[a]obtain it.

Galatians 2:2 New King James Version (NKJV)

² And I went up ^[a]by revelation, and communicated to them that gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to those who were of reputation, lest by any means I might run, or had run, in vain.

Hebrews 10:39 New King James Version (NKJV)

³⁹ But we are not of those who draw back to ^[a]perdition, but of those who believe to the saving of the soul.