GAMES

Foot races

1Co 9:24,26; Ga 2:2; Php 2:16; Heb 12:1

Gladiatorial

1Co 1:9; 9:26; 15:32; 2Ti 4:7

FIGURATIVE

Of the Christian life

1Co 9:24,26; Ga 5:7; Php 2:16; 3:14; Heb 12:1

Of a successful ministry

Ga 2:2; Php 2:16

Fighting wild "beasts", of spiritual conflict

1Co 4:9; 9:26; 15:32; 2Ti 4:7