Competition
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Competition (6 Occurrences)

Romans 2:8 But to those who, from a love of competition, are not guided by what is true, will come the heat of his wrath, (BBE)

1 Corinthians 9:24 Do you not see that in a running competition all take part, but only one gets the reward? So let your minds be fixed on the reward. (BBE)

Philippians 1:15 Though some are preaching Christ out of envy and competition, others do it out of a good heart: (BBE)

Philippians 1:17 But those are preaching Christ in a spirit of competition, not from their hearts, but with the purpose of giving me pain in my prison. (BBE)

2 Timothy 2:5 And if a man takes part in a competition he does not get the crown if he has not kept the rules. (BBE)

Leviticus 18:18 And you may not take as wife a woman and at the same time her sister, to be in competition with her in her life-time. (BBE)

Thesaurus
Competition (6 Occurrences)
...Competition (6 Occurrences). Romans 2:8 But to those who, from a love of competition,
are not guided by what is true, will come the heat of his wrath, (BBE). ...
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Vie (2 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vi) To strive for superiority; to contend; to
use emulous effort, as in a race, contest, or competition. ...
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Winning (3 Occurrences)
... 2. (a.) Attracting; adapted to gain favor; charming; as, a winning address. 3.
(n.) The act of obtaining something, as in a contest or by competition. ...
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Rival (5 Occurrences)
... 3. (a.) Having the same pretensions or claims; standing in competition for
superiority; as, rival lovers; rival claims or pretensions. ...
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Match (4 Occurrences)
... 6. (n.) An agreement, compact, etc. 7. (n.) A candidate for matrimony; one to be
gained in marriage. 8. (v.) Equality of conditions in contest or competition. ...
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Victory (71 Occurrences)
... (n.) The defeat of an enemy in battle, or of an antagonist in any contest; a gaining
of the superiority in any struggle or competition; conquest; triumph ...
/v/victory.htm - 27k

Guided (86 Occurrences)
... (BBE). Romans 2:8 But to those who, from a love of competition, are not guided
by what is true, will come the heat of his wrath, (BBE). ...
/g/guided.htm - 31k

Gain (142 Occurrences)
... 6. (n.) To come off winner or victor in; to be successful in; to obtain by competition;
as, to gain a battle; to gain a case at law; to gain a prize. ...
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Worst (8 Occurrences)
... 3. (v.) To gain advantage over, in contest or competition; to get the better of;
to defeat; to overthrow; to discomfit. 4. (vi) To grow worse; to deteriorate. ...
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Win (27 Occurrences)
... 1. (v.) To gain by superiority in competition or contest; to obtain by victory over
competitors or rivals; as, to win the prize in a gate; to win money; to win ...
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Greek
1864. epagonizomai -- to contend with or for
... 1864 (from 1909 , "focused " and 73 , "a contest, competition") -- properly, to
(literally, ""), ie with skill and commitment in opposing whatever is not of ...
/greek/1864.htm - 7k
Topical Bible Verses
1 Corinthians 9:24
Know you not that they which run in a race run all, but one receives the prize? So run, that you may obtain.
Topicalbible.org—AKJV

John 4:1-54
When therefore the LORD knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John,
Topicalbible.org—AKJV

James 4:6
But he gives more grace. Why he said, God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.
Topicalbible.org—AKJV

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
(n.) The act of seeking, or endeavoring to gain, what another is endeavoring to gain at the same time; common strife for the same objects; strife for superiority; emulous contest; rivalry, as for approbation, for a prize, or as where two or more persons are engaged in the same business and each seeking patronage; -- followed by for before the object sought, and with before the person or thing competed with.
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