Luk 13:24, 1Cor 9:25-27, 2Ti 2:5, Heb 12:1, 4 | ESV | STEP | Strive to enter through the narrow door . For many , I tell you , will seek to enter and will not be able .

Luke 13:24

24 ^a“Strive ^bto enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able.

1 Corinthians 9:25-27

25 Every ^cathlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we ^dan imperishable. 26 So I do not run aimlessly; I ^edo not box as one ^fbeating the air. 27 But I discipline my body and ^gkeep it under control, ^{▼▼Greek I pummel my body and make it a slave} lest after preaching to others ⁱI myself should be ^jdisqualified.

2 Timothy 2:5

5 ^kAn athlete is not ^lcrowned unless he competes according to the rules.

Hebrews 12:1

Jesus, Founder and Perfecter of Our Faith

1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and ^msin which clings so closely, and ⁿlet us run ^owith endurance the race that is ^pset before us,

Hebrews 12:4

4 In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.