Rom 12:12, 1Cor 9:24, Phili 3:13-14, Col 3:8, Heb 10:36, 1Pe 2:1 | ISV | STEP | Be joyful in hope, patient in trouble, and persistent in prayer.

Romans 12:12

12 Be joyful in hope, patient in trouble, and persistent in prayer.Luke 10:20; 18:1; 21:19; Acts 2:42; 12:5; Rom 5:2; 15:13; Eph 6:18; Phil 3:1; 4:4; Col 4:2; 1Thes 2:17; 5:16; 1Tim 6:11; Heb 3:6; 10:36; 12:1; James 1:4; 5:7; 1Pet 2:19-20; 4:13

1 Corinthians 9:24

24 You know that in a race all the runners run but only one wins the prize, don't you? You must run in such a way that you may be victorious.Gal 2:2; 5:7; Phil 2:16; 3:14; 2Tim 4:7; Heb 12:1

Philippians 3:13-14

13 Brothers, I do not consider myself to have embraced it. ^{▼▼Other mss. read embraced it yet} But this one thing I do: Forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead,Ps 45:10; Luke 9:62; 1Cor 9:24, 26; 2Cor 5:16; Heb 6:1 14 I keep pursuing the goal to win the prize ^{▼▼Lit. the goal for the prize} of God's heavenly call in Christ Jesus.2Tim 4:7-8; Heb 3:1; 12:1

Colossians 3:8

8 But now you must also get rid of anger, wrath, malice, slander, obscene language from your mouth, and all such sins.Eph 4:22, 29; 5:4; Heb 12:1; James 1:21; 1Pet 2:1

Hebrews 10:36

36 For you need endurance, so that after you have done God's will you can receive what he has promised.Luke 21:19; Gal 6:9; Col 3:24; Heb 9:15; 12:1; 1Pet 1:9

1 Peter 2:1

1 Live as God's Chosen PeopleTherefore, rid yourselves of every kind of evil and deception, hypocrisy, jealousy, and every kind of slander.Eph 4:22, 25, 31; Col 3:8; Heb 12:1; James 1:21; 5:9; 1Pet 4:2