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¹³Everything is possible in him who has strengthened me.

²⁷He said to them, “Things that are impossible with men are possible with God.”

⁴For all that is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that overcomes the world: our faith. ⁵Who is it that overcomes the world? Only he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God!

⁵⁷But thanks be to God, who has given us victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

²⁵And one who competes in a contest abstains from all things. And they do this, of course, so that they may achieve a corruptible crown. But we do this, so that we may achieve what is incorruptible.

¹Furthermore, since we also have so great a cloud of witnesses over us, let us set aside every burden and sin which may surround us, and advance, through patience, to the struggle offered to us. ²Let us gaze upon Jesus, as the Author and the completion of our faith, who, having joy laid out before him, endured the cross, disregarding the shame, and who now sits at the right hand of the throne of God.

²⁴Do you not know that, of those who run in a race, all of them, certainly, are runners, but only one achieves the prize. Similarly, you must run, so that you may achieve.

¹⁶So then, the last shall be first, and the first shall be last. For many are called, but few are chosen.”

³Let nothing be done by contention, nor in vain glory. Instead, in humility, let each of you esteem others to be better than himself.

⁵Then, too, whoever strives in a competition is not crowned, unless he has competed lawfully.

⁴For the upright, a light has risen up in the darkness. He is merciful and compassionate and just.

¹⁶For God so loved the world that he gave his only-begotten Son, so that all who believe in him may not perish, but may have eternal life.

¹Furthermore, since we also have so great a cloud of witnesses over us, let us set aside every burden and sin which may surround us, and advance, through patience, to the struggle offered to us.