Games Foot races
1 Corinthians 9:24; 1 Corinthians 9:26; Galatians 2:2; Philippians 2:16; Hebrews 12:1
Gladiatorial
1 Corinthians 4:9; 1 Corinthians 9:26; 1 Corinthians 15:32; 2 Timothy 4:7
Figurative:
- Of the Christian life
1 Corinthians 9:24; 1 Corinthians 9:26; Galatians 5:7; Philippians 2:16; Philippians 3:14; Hebrews 12:1
- Of a successful ministry
Galatians 2:2; Philippians 2:16
- Fighting wild beasts, of spiritual conflict
1 Corinthians 4:9; 1 Corinthians 9:26; 1 Corinthians 15:32; 2 Timothy 4:7