Games in the Bible

Foot races

  • 1 Corinthians 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.
  • 1 Corinthians 9:26 I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air:
  • Galatians 2:2 And I went up by revelation, and communicated unto them that gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to them which were of reputation, lest by any means I should run, or had run, in vain.
  • Philippians 2:16 Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.
  • Hebrews 12:1 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

Bible Encyclopedia for GAMES.

Gladiatorial

  • 1 Corinthians 1:9 God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
  • 1 Corinthians 9:26 I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air:
  • 1 Corinthians 15:32 If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for to morrow we die.
  • 2 Timothy 4:7 I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:

See also McClintock and Strong Cyclopedia for Games.

FIGURATIVE

Of the Christian life

  • 1 Corinthians 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.
  • 1 Corinthians 9:26 I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air:
  • Galatians 5:7 Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth?
  • Philippians 2:16 Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.
  • Philippians 3:14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
  • Hebrews 12:1 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

Of a successful ministry

  • Galatians 2:2 And I went up by revelation, and communicated unto them that gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to them which were of reputation, lest by any means I should run, or had run, in vain.
  • Philippians 2:16 Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.

Fighting wild "beasts", of spiritual conflict

  • 1 Corinthians 4:9 For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men.
  • 1 Corinthians 9:26 I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air:
  • 1 Corinthians 15:32 If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for to morrow we die.
  • 2 Timothy 4:7 I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:
 
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