4 Bible Verses about Earnestness

"Struggle to enter in by the narrow door," he answered, "for I tell you that many will try to enter and not be able,

I am ever pressing on toward the goal, for the prize of God's heavenward call in Christ Jesus.

Only do lead lives worthy of the gospel of Christ; so that whether I come to see you or hear reports concerning you in my absence, I may know that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one soul, enlisted in a common struggle for the faith of the gospel,

Every man who contends in the games continually trains himself by all manner of self-restraint. Now they do it to get a fading garland, but we, one that is unfading.

For that end I am ever toiling, wrestling with all that energy of his which is mightily at work within me.

And Philip said, "If you believe with your whole heart, you may." The eunuch answered, "I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God."

Jesus answered, "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.

For I was on the point of praying to be accursed from Christ on behalf of my brothers, my kinsmen according to the flesh.

So be on guard; and remember that for three years I ceased not to admonish you all, night and day, even with tears.

For there are many??s I used often to tell you, and am now telling you even with tears??ho live and walk as the enemies of the cross of Christ.