Paul the Apostle in his epistles often used athletic metaphors to help explain spiritual truths to the readers. He spoke of boxing in I Corinthians 9:26, wrestling in Ephesians 6:12, fighting in II Timothy 4:7. Paul's favorite much-repeated metaphor wasFOOTRACE,which he used in Acts 20:24, Romans 9:16, I Corinthians 9:24-26, Galatians 2:2 5:7. In Philippians 3:12-21, he r...