19 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

• Faith
• Obedience and Disobedience
• Righteousness
• Suffering and Perseverance

• Assumption of Mary

11 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

• 1Cor 9:24 — Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.
• 1Cor 9:24 — Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.
• 1John 2:15 — Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
• 1Pet 2:1 — Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,
• 1Pet 2:1 — Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,
• 1Pet 4:2 — That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.
• 1Pet 5:12 — By Silvanus, a faithful brother unto you, as I suppose, I have written briefly, exhorting, and testifying that this is the true grace of God wherein ye stand.
• 1Sam 22:23 — Abide thou with me, fear not: for he that seeketh my life seeketh thy life: but with me thou shalt be in safeguard.
• 1Tim 6:9 — But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.
• 2Cor 7:1 — Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
• 2Cor 10:3 — For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:
• 2Pet 1:6 — And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;
• 2Pet 1:6 — And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;
• 2Sam 22:24 — I was also upright before him, and have kept myself from mine iniquity.
• 2Thess 1:4 — So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye endure:
• 2Tim 2:4 — No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.
• 2Tim 4:7 — I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:
• 2Tim 4:7 — I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:
• Acts 20:24 — But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel
• Acts 27:18 — And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next day they lightened the ship;
• Col 1:11 — Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;
• Col 3:5 — Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
• Col 3:8 — But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.
• Eph 4:22 — That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
• Eph 4:22 — That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
• Eph 6:12 — For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
• Ezek 38:9 — Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.
• Ezek 38:16 — And thou shalt come up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land; it shall be in the latter days, and I will bring thee against my land, that the heathen may know me, when I shall be s
• Gal 5:7 — Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth?
• Gal 5:7 — Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth?
• Heb 6:12 — That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
• Heb 6:15 — And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.
• Heb 6:18 — That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:
• Heb 10:35 — Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward.
• Heb 10:36 — For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.
• Heb 11:2 — For by it the elders obtained a good report.
• Heb 11:4 — By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.
• Isa 40:31 — But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
• Isa 44:8 — Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any.
• Isa 60:8 — Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows?