1Cor 9:25, 2Ti 4:8, Heb 13:20, Jam 1:12, 1Pe 1:4 | ISV | STEP | Everyone who enters an athletic contest practices self-control in everything. They do it to win a wreath that dies, but we to win one that never dies.

1 Corinthians 9:25

25 Everyone who enters an athletic contest practices self-control in everything. They do it to win a wreath that dies, but we to win one that never dies.Eph 6:12; 1Tim 6:12; 2Tim 2:5; 4:7-8; James 1:12; 1Pet 1:4; 5:4; Rev 2:10; 3:11

2 Timothy 4:8

8 The victor's crown of righteousness is now waiting for me, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to me on that day, and not only to me but also to all who eagerly wait for his appearing.1Cor 9:25; 2Tim 1:12; James 1:12; 1Pet 5:4; Rev 2:10

Hebrews 13:20

20 Now may the God of peace, who by the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, the Great Shepherd of the sheep,Isa 40:11; Ezek 34:23; 37:24; Zech 9:11; John 10:11, 14; Acts 2:24, 32; Rom 4:24; 8:11; 15:33; 1Cor 6:14; 15:15; 2Cor 4:14; Gal 1:1; Col 2:12; 1Thes 1:10; 5:23; Heb 10:22; 1Pet 1:21; 2:25; 5:4

James 1:12

12 Our Desires Tempt UsHow blessed is the man who endures temptation! When he has passed the test, he will receive the victor's crown of life that God ^{▼▼Lit. he; other mss. read God; still other mss. read the Lord} has promised to those who keep on loving him.Job 5:17; Prov 3:11-12; Matt 10:22; 19:28-29; 1Cor 9:25; 2Tim 4:8; Heb 12:5; James 2:5; 1Pet 5:4; Rev 2:10; 3:19

1 Peter 1:4

4 and to an inheritance kept in heaven for you that can't be destroyed, corrupted, or changed.Col 1:5; 2Tim 4:8; 1Pet 5:4