29 Bible Verses about Life Struggles

Miserable man that I am! Who will deliver me from the body that is bringing me to this Death?

You will be engaged in the same hard struggle as that which you once saw me waging, and which you hear that I am waging still.

For we know that trouble develops endurance, and endurance strength of character, and strength of character hope,

You have not yet, in your struggle with sin, resisted to the death;

It is for that I toil, struggling with all the energy which he inspires and which works powerfully within me.

Blessed is the man who remains firm under temptation, for, when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of Life, which the Lord has promised to those who love him.

Offering to men the Message of Life; and then I shall be able at the Day of Christ to boast that I did not run my course for nothing, or toil for nothing.

I have spoken to you in this way, so that in me you may find peace. In the world you will find trouble; yet, take courage! I have conquered the world."

I do not count the sufferings of our present life worthy of mention when compared with the Glory that is to be revealed and bestowed upon us.

still, if you should marry, that is not wrong; nor, if a young woman marries, is that wrong. But those who marry will have much trouble to bear, and my wish is to spare you.

Knowing, as you do, that the testing of your faith develops endurance.

Who consoles us in all our troubles, so that we may be able to console those who are in any trouble with the consolation that we ourselves receive from him.

At the thought of this you are full of exultation, though (if it has been necessary) you have suffered for the moment somewhat from various trials;

Call to mind those early days in which, after you had received the Light, you patiently underwent a long and painful conflict.

With that aim we toil and struggle, for we have set our hopes on the Living God, who is the Savior of all men, and especially of those who hold the Faith.

But throughout my body I see a different law, one which is in conflict with the law accepted by my reason, and which endeavors to make me a prisoner to that law of Sin which exists throughout my body.

My own desire is to depart and be with Christ, for this would be far better.

I do not understand my own actions. For I am so far from habitually doing what I want to do, that I find myself doing the very thing that I hate.

I fail to do the good thing that I want to do, but the bad thing that I want not to do-that I habitually do.

For these cravings of our earthly nature conflict with the Spirit, and the Spirit with our earthly nature--they are two contrary principles--so that you cannot do what you wish.

This, then, is the law that I find-When I want to do right, wrong presents itself!

For ours is no struggle against enemies of flesh and blood, but against all the various Powers of Evil that hold sway in the Darkness around us, against the Spirits of Wickedness on high.

Run the great race of the Faith, and win the Immortal Life. It was for this that you received the Call, and, in the presence of many witnesses, made the great profession of Faith.

I know that there is nothing good in me-I mean in my earthly nature. For, although it is easy for me to want to do right, to act rightly is not easy.

This being so, the action is no longer my own, but that of Sin which is within me.

The light burden of our momentary trouble is preparing for us, in measure transcending thought, a weight of imperishable glory;

Ever since we reached Macedonia, we have had no rest in body or mind; on every side there have been troubles--conflicts without, anxieties within.

For, on behalf of Christ, you have had the privilege granted you, not only of trusting in him, but also of suffering on his behalf.

And not only that, but let us also exult in our troubles;