1 Corinthians 9:26
I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; I so fight, not as one that beateth the air.
Matthew 11:12
And from the days of John the Baptist till now, the kingdom of heaven is entered by force, and they which strive with all their might take it by violence.
Luke 13:24
And he said to him, Strive to enter in thro' the strait gate; for many, I say to you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
1 Corinthians 14:9
So likewise unless ye utter by the tongue words easy to be understood, how shall it be known what is spoken? For ye will speak to the air.
2 Corinthians 5:1
For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle be dissolved, we have a building from God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
2 Corinthians 5:8
We behave undauntedly, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and present with the Lord.
Ephesians 6:12
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the world, of the darkness of this age, against wicked spirits in heavenly places.
Philippians 1:21
For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
Colossians 1:29
For which also I labour, striving according to his mighty working, who worketh in me mightily.
2 Timothy 1:12
For which cause also I suffer these things: yet I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have trusted, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed to him, until that day.
2 Timothy 2:5
And if a man strive, he is not crowned, unless he strive lawfully.
Hebrews 4:1
Let us therefore fear, lest a promise being left us of entring into his rest, any of us should altogether come short of it.
1 Peter 5:1
The elders that are among you I exhort, who am a fellow-elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and likewise a partaker of the glory which shall be revealed,
2 Peter 1:10
Wherefore the rather, brethren, be diligent to make your calling and election firm; for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall.