The Pauline "agon Motif"

[Magyar]

In reading a certain pseudepigraphical work today, I learned that the Apostle Paul's frequent athletic metaphors (races, crowns of victory, etc), may have come to him from the writings of the Stoics of his day. The term for this is "agon motif."

 

Now critics and apologetics can argue over the origin of many Book of Mormon phrases that seem to be of Pauline origin. For example, some of them may be derived from a common source older than Paul. In this case, I wonder if any "agon motif" can be found within the Book of Mormon. As of this moment, I can't think of any.