Luke 8:14

14And as for what fell among the thorns, they are those who hear, but aas they go on their way they are choked by the bcares and riches and pleasures of life, and their fruit does not mature.

1 Corinthians 9:25-26

25Every cathlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we dan imperishable. 26So I do not run aimlessly; I edo not box as one fbeating the air.

1 Timothy 6:9-12

9But gthose who desire to be rich fall into temptation, hinto a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires that iplunge people into ruin and destruction. 10For the love of money is a root of jall kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs.

Fight the Good Fight of Faith

11But as for you, kO man of God, lflee these things. mPursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, steadfastness, gentleness. 12 nFight the good fight of the faith. oTake hold of the eternal life pto which you were called and about which you made qthe good confession in the presence of many witnesses.

2 Timothy 4:10

10For rDemas, sin love with tthis present world, uhas deserted me and gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia,
Some manuscripts Gaul
wTitus to Dalmatia.

2 Peter 2:20

20For if, xafter they have escaped the defilements of the world ythrough the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, zthe last state has become worse for them than the first.
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