John 4:34

34Jesus said to them, aMy food is bto do the will of him who sent me and cto accomplish his work.

Acts 13:25

25And as John was finishing his course, dhe said, ‘What do you suppose that I am? I am not he. No, but behold, after me one is coming, the sandals of whose feet I am not worthy to untie.’

Acts 20:24

24But eI do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only fI may finish my course and gthe ministry hthat I received from the Lord Jesus, ito testify to jthe gospel of kthe grace of God.

1 Corinthians 9:24-27

24Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives lthe prize? So mrun that you may obtain it. 25Every nathlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we oan imperishable. 26So I do not run aimlessly; I pdo not box as one qbeating the air. 27But I discipline my body and rkeep it under control,
Greek  I pummel my body and make it a slave
lest after preaching to others tI myself should be udisqualified.

Philippians 3:13-14

13Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: vforgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, 14I press on toward the goal for wthe prize of the upward xcall of God in Christ Jesus.

Hebrews 12:1-2

Jesus, Founder and Perfecter of Our Faith

1Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and ysin which clings so closely, and zlet us run aawith endurance the race that is abset before us, 2looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, acwho for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising adthe shame, and aeis seated at the right hand of the throne of God.

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