“No one who puts a hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God.”
 Luke 9:62

I consider my life worth nothing to me, if only I may finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me—the task of testifying to the gospel of God’s grace.
 Acts 20:24

Demas, because he loved this world, has deserted me…
2 Timothy 4:10

Alexander the metalworker did me a great deal of harm.
2 Timothy 4:14

At my first defense, no one came to my support, but everyone deserted me.
 2 Timothy 4:16

For I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time has come for my departure.  I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
2 Timothy 4:6-7

Endure hardship with us like a good soldier of Christ Jesus. No one serving as a soldier gets involved in civilian affairs…
 2 Timothy 2:3-4

From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven has been forcefully advancing, and forceful men lay hold of it.
 Matthew 11:12

But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead…
Philippians 3:13

Let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so EASILY entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.
Hebrews 12:1

Guard the good deposit that was entrusted to you—guard it with the help of the Holy Spirit who lives in us.
 2 Timothy 1:14

Other seed fell on good soil. It came up and yielded a crop, a hundred times more than was sown.
Luke 8:8

The seed on good soil stands for those with a noble and good heart, who hear the word, RETAIN IT, and by persevering, produce a crop.
Luke 8:15