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From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), a historical reference index. The groupings are Nave’s; the verses are shown in the text used across this site.

Foot races

• 1 Corinthians 9:24 Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way as to take the prize.
• 1 Corinthians 9:26 Therefore I do not run aimlessly; I do not fight like I am beating the air.
• Galatians 2:2 I went in response to a revelation and set before them the gospel that I preach among the Gentiles. But I spoke privately to those recognized as leaders, for fear that I was running or had already run in vain.
• Philippians 2:16 as you hold forth the word of life, in order that I may boast on the day of Christ that I did not run or labor in vain.
• Hebrews 12:1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off every encumbrance and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with endurance the race set out for us.

Gladiatorial

• 1 Corinthians 1:9 God, who has called you into fellowship with His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful.
• 1 Corinthians 9:26 Therefore I do not run aimlessly; I do not fight like I am beating the air.
• 1 Corinthians 15:32 If I fought wild beasts in Ephesus for human motives, what did I gain? If the dead are not raised, “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.”
• 2 Timothy 4:7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.

Figurative

Of the Christian life

• 1 Corinthians 9:24 Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way as to take the prize.
• 1 Corinthians 9:26 Therefore I do not run aimlessly; I do not fight like I am beating the air.
• Galatians 5:7 You were running so well. Who has obstructed you from obeying the truth?
• Philippians 2:16 as you hold forth the word of life, in order that I may boast on the day of Christ that I did not run or labor in vain.
• Philippians 3:14 I press on toward the goal to win the prize of God’s heavenly calling in Christ Jesus.
• Hebrews 12:1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off every encumbrance and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with endurance the race set out for us.

Of a successful ministry

• Galatians 2:2 I went in response to a revelation and set before them the gospel that I preach among the Gentiles. But I spoke privately to those recognized as leaders, for fear that I was running or had already run in vain.
• Philippians 2:16 as you hold forth the word of life, in order that I may boast on the day of Christ that I did not run or labor in vain.

Fighting wild "beasts", of spiritual conflict

• 1 Corinthians 4:9 For it seems to me that God has displayed us apostles at the end of the procession , like prisoners appointed for death. We have become a spectacle to the whole world, to angels as well as to men.
• 1 Corinthians 9:26 Therefore I do not run aimlessly; I do not fight like I am beating the air.
• 1 Corinthians 15:32 If I fought wild beasts in Ephesus for human motives, what did I gain? If the dead are not raised, “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.”
• 2 Timothy 4:7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.