1Cor 9:25, 2Ti 1:12, Jam 1:12, 1Pe 5:4, Rev 2:10 | ISV | STEP | Everyone who enters an athletic contest practices self-control in everything. They do it to win a wreath that dies, but we to win one that never dies.

1 Corinthians 9:25

25 Everyone who enters an athletic contest practices self-control in everything. They do it to win a wreath that dies, but we to win one that never dies.Eph 6:12; 1Tim 6:12; 2Tim 2:5; 4:7-8; James 1:12; 1Pet 1:4; 5:4; Rev 2:10; 3:11

2 Timothy 1:12

12 That is why I suffer as I do. However, I am not ashamed, for I know the one in whom I have put my trust, and I'm convinced that he is able to protect what he has entrusted to me ^{▼▼Or what I have entrusted to him} until that day.Eph 3:1; 1Tim 6:20; 2Tim 2:9; 4:8; 1:18; 1Pet 4:19

James 1:12

12 Our Desires Tempt UsHow blessed is the man who endures temptation! When he has passed the test, he will receive the victor's crown of life that God ^{▼▼Lit. he; other mss. read God; still other mss. read the Lord} has promised to those who keep on loving him.Job 5:17; Prov 3:11-12; Matt 10:22; 19:28-29; 1Cor 9:25; 2Tim 4:8; Heb 12:5; James 2:5; 1Pet 5:4; Rev 2:10; 3:19

1 Peter 5:4

4 Then, when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the victor's crown of glory that will never fade away.1Cor 9:25; 2Tim 4:8; Heb 13:20; James 1:12; 1Pet 1:4

Revelation of John 2:10

10 Don't be afraid of what you are going to suffer. Look! The devil is going to throw some of you into prison so that you may be tested. For ten days you will undergo suffering. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the victor's crown of life.Matt 10:22; 24:13; James 1:12; Rev 3:11