37 Bible Verses about Struggles

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

Stand firm against him, strong in your faith; knowing, as you do, that the very sufferings which you are undergoing are being endured to the full by your Brotherhood throughout the world.

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.

"Strive to go in by the small door. Many, I tell you, will seek to go in, but they will not be able,

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

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.

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.

I beg you, then, Brothers, by Jesus Christ, our Lord, and by the love inspired by the Spirit, to join me in earnest prayer to God on my behalf.

By the Message of Truth, and by the power of God; by the weapons of righteousness in the right hand and in the left;

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

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;

I want you to know in how great a struggle I am engaged for you and for Christ's People at Laodicea, and for all who have not yet seen me;

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.

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.

Epaphras, who is one of yourselves, sends you his greeting. He is a servant of Christ Jesus, and is always most earnest in your behalf in his prayers, praying that you may stand firm, with a matured faith and with a sure conviction of all that is in accordance with God's will.

The fact that he himself suffered under temptation enables him to help those who are tempted.

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.

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.

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.

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."

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

For he who enters upon God's Rest does himself rest after his work, just as God did.

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

God, from whom all help comes, and who called you, by your union with Christ, into his eternal glory, will, when you have suffered for a little while, himself perfect, establish, strengthen you.

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.

For I, Brothers, do not regard myself as having yet laid hold of it. But this one thing I do--forgetting what lies behind, and straining every nerve for that which lies in front,

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

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

About this I three times entreated the Lord, praying that it might leave me.