Meaning
Games Foot races
1Co 9:24; 1Co 9:26; Gal 2:2; Phi 2:16; Heb 12:1
Gladiatorial
1Co 4:9; 1Co 9:26; 1Co 15:32; 2Ti 4:7
Figurative:
- Of the Christian life
1Co 9:24; 1Co 9:26; Gal 5:7; Phi 2:16; Phi 3:14; Heb 12:1
- Of a successful ministry
Gal 2:2; Phi 2:16
- Fighting wild beasts, of spiritual conflict
1Co 4:9; 1Co 9:26; 1Co 15:32; 2Ti 4:7