2 Timothy 2:5

²⁴Don’t you know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run like that, so that you may win. ²⁵Every man who strives in the games exercises self-control in all things. Now they do it to receive a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible. ²⁶I therefore run like that, not aimlessly. I fight like that, not beating the air, ²⁷but I beat my body and bring it into submission, lest by any means, after I have preached to others, I myself should be disqualified.

¹¹I am coming quickly! Hold firmly that which you have, so that no one takes your crown.

⁷I have fought the good fight. I have finished the course. I have kept the faith. ⁸From now on, the crown of righteousness is stored up for me, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will give to me on that day; and not to me only, but also to all those who have loved his appearing.

¹²Blessed is a person who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord promised to those who love him.

²⁹for which I also labor, striving according to his working, which works in me mightily.

²⁴“Strive to enter in by the narrow door, for many, I tell you, will seek to enter in and will not be able.

¹⁰Don’t be afraid of the things which you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested; and you will have oppression for ten days. Be faithful to death, and I will give you the crown of life.

¹⁵Some indeed preach Christ even out of envy and strife, and some also out of good will.

⁷You made him a little lower than the angels. You crowned him with glory and honor.

⁴When the chief Shepherd is revealed, you will receive the crown of glory that doesn’t fade away.