'Trying' in the Bible

Am I now trying to win the approval of people or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be the Messiah's servant.

For you have heard about my earlier life in Judaism how I kept violently persecuting God's church and was trying to destroy it.

Now if we, while trying to be justified by the Messiah, have been found to be sinners, does that mean that the Messiah is serving the interests of sin? Of course not!

Those of you who are trying to be justified by the Law have been cut off from the Messiah. You have fallen away from grace.

These people who want to impress others by their external appearance are trying to force you to be circumcised, simply to avoid being persecuted for the cross of the Messiah.