Colossians 1:29
Toward this goal I also labor, struggling according to his power that powerfully works in me.
1 Corinthians 15:10
But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me has not been in vain. In fact, I worked harder than all of them -- yet not I, but the grace of God with me.
Ephesians 1:19
and what is the incomparable greatness of his power toward us who believe, as displayed in the exercise of his immense strength.
Colossians 2:1
For I want you to know how great a struggle I have for you, and for those in Laodicea, and for those who have not met me face to face.
Colossians 4:12
Epaphras, who is one of you and a slave of Christ, greets you. He is always struggling in prayer on your behalf, so that you may stand mature and fully assured in all the will of God.
Luke 13:24
"Exert every effort to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to.
Romans 15:20
And in this way I desire to preach where Christ has not been named, so as not to build on another person's foundation,
Romans 15:30
Now I urge you, brothers and sisters, through our Lord Jesus Christ and through the love of the Spirit, to join fervently with me in prayer to God on my behalf.
1 Corinthians 9:25-27
Each competitor must exercise self-control in everything. They do it to receive a perishable crown, but we an imperishable one.
1 Corinthians 12:6
And there are different results, but the same God who produces all of them in everyone.
1 Corinthians 12:11
It is one and the same Spirit, distributing as he decides to each person, who produces all these things.
2 Corinthians 5:9
So then whether we are alive or away, we make it our ambition to please him.
2 Corinthians 6:5
in beatings, in imprisonments, in riots, in troubles, in sleepless nights, in hunger,
2 Corinthians 11:23
Are they servants of Christ? (I am talking like I am out of my mind!) I am even more so: with much greater labors, with far more imprisonments, with more severe beatings, facing death many times.
2 Corinthians 12:9-10
But he said to me, "My grace is enough for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." So then, I will boast most gladly about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may reside in me.
2 Corinthians 13:3
since you are demanding proof that Christ is speaking through me. He is not weak toward you but is powerful among you.
Ephesians 3:7
I became a servant of this gospel according to the gift of God's grace that was given to me by the exercise of his power.
Ephesians 3:20
Now to him who by the power that is working within us is able to do far beyond all that we ask or think,
Philippians 1:27
Only conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ so that -- whether I come and see you or whether I remain absent -- I should hear that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind, by contending side by side for the faith of the gospel,
Philippians 1:30
since you are encountering the same conflict that you saw me face and now hear that I am facing.
Philippians 2:13
for the one bringing forth in you both the desire and the effort -- for the sake of his good pleasure -- is God.
Philippians 2:16
by holding on to the word of life so that on the day of Christ I will have a reason to boast that I did not run in vain nor labor in vain.
1 Thessalonians 2:9
For you recall, brothers and sisters, our toil and drudgery: By working night and day so as not to impose a burden on any of you, we preached to you the gospel of God.
2 Thessalonians 3:8
and we did not eat anyone's food without paying. Instead, in toil and drudgery we worked night and day in order not to burden any of you.
2 Timothy 2:10
So I endure all things for the sake of those chosen by God, that they too may obtain salvation in Christ Jesus and its eternal glory.
Hebrews 12:4
You have not yet resisted to the point of bloodshed in your struggle against sin.
Hebrews 13:21
equip you with every good thing to do his will, working in us what is pleasing before him through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever. Amen.
Revelation 2:3
I am also aware that you have persisted steadfastly, endured much for the sake of my name, and have not grown weary.