Was it common in Biblical and Early Church times to use sports for illustrating sermons and lessons (as Pope Francis and Paul did)?
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One other in NT is this:
And if also a man contend in the games, he is not crowned, except he have contended lawfully. - 2 Timothy 2:5 (ASV).
Paul's point to Timothy is that he must be disciplined and willing to suffer hardship in order to please God and obtain the reward.
Hebrews 12:1:
Therefore let us also, seeing we are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us
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