29 Bible Verses about Life Struggles

Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death?

having the same conflict which you saw in me, and now hear to be in me.

and perseverance, character; and character, hope.

In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.

For this end I labor, striving with all his energy, which so mightily works within me.

Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, for when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him.

holding fast the word of life, so that in the day of Christ I may be proud that I did not run in vain or labor in vain.

I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take courage! I have overcome the world."

I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed in us.

But if you marry, you have not sinned; and if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. Yet those who marry will have troubles in this flesh, and I am trying to spare you.

for you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance.

who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have to suffer various trials,

But remember the former days when, after you were enlightened, you endured a great struggle with sufferings,

For to this end we labor and strive, because we have our hope set on the living God, who is the Savior of all men, especially of those who believe.

but I see in my members another law, at war against the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin which dwells in my members.

I am hard pressed between the two. My desire is to depart and be with Christ, for that is far better;

I do not understand what I do. For I do not do what I want to do, but I do what I hate.

For I do not do the good I want to do; but the evil I do not want to do is what I do.

For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh; for these are opposed to each other, so that you may not do what you would.

So I find it to be a law that when I want to do good, evil is present with me.

For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.

Fight the good fight of the faith; take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.

For I know that nothing good dwells within me, that is, in my flesh. I can will to do what is good, but I cannot do it.

So then, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells within me.

For our light and momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison,

For even when we came into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were afflicted at every turnconflicts on the outside and fears within.

For to you it has been granted for the sake of Christ, not only to believe in him, but also to suffer for his sake,

And not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces perseverance;