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The believers in Troas (cf. 2 Corinthians 2:12–13) had a "meeting" on the first day of the week (verse 7; cf. Acts 2:42), which started on Saturday night (at that time, Sunday was a working day, so the practice was to gather on Saturday night or early on Sunday morning as noted by Pliny, Ep. 10.96.7), perhaps after work for some people ...
I know some who have not finished their race joyfully (see Acts 20:24). I also know others who seemed strong in the faith but have "crashed and burned" in the race of life.
The metaphor of running a race "with perseverance" appears in Hebrews 12:1, [5] and related metaphors appear in Philippians 2:16, [6] Galatians 2:2, [7] and Galatians 5:7. [8] In 2 Timothy 4:7, Paul writes "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith."
[14] Following another break, Reams of Verse ran in the Sun Chariot Stakes (then a Group Two race) at Newmarket in October. Fallon restrained the 9/4 favourite in the early stages before moving forward a quarter of the mile from the finish. Reams of Verse made no further progress and finished third of the eight runners behind One So Wonderful. [15]
It's being called a story of extraordinary brotherly love - an 8-year-old boy determined to have his younger brother with special needs live a full, normal life helped him complete a youth triathlon.
An alternate version can be done by elevating the front leg on a box or bench for less pressure. Figure-four stretch — Start by lying on the ground face-up, bend one knee toward your chest, and ...
The following verse celebrates the Incarnation of Jesus and borrows a verse from Philippians 2:6-8, "Emptied himself of all but Love, and bled for Adam's helpless race". [9] In the fourth verse ("My chains fell off"), Wesley makes reference to the imprisonments of both Saint Peter and Saint Paul — the Liberation of Peter in Acts 12 and the ...
Paul is depicted in the letter, which may have been written after his death, as anticipating his being put to death and realities beyond in his valedictory found in 2 Timothy 4:6–8: "For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand. I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith ...