Colossians 1:29
For this I am toiling and struggling by His active energy which is mightily working in me.
1 Corinthians 15:10
But by God's unmerited favor I have become what I am, and His unmerited favor shown to me was not bestowed for nothing, for I have toiled more extensively than any of them, and yet it was not I but God's unmerited favor working with me.
Ephesians 1:19
and how surpassingly great is His power for us who believe, measured by His tremendously mighty power
Colossians 2:1
I want you to know what a battle I am fighting for you and for those in Laodicea, yes, for all who have never known me personally,
Colossians 4:12
Epaphras, one of your own number, a slave of Christ Jesus, wishes to be remembered to you. He is always earnestly pleading for you in his prayers that you may stand fast as men mature and of firm convictions in everything required by the will of God.
Luke 13:24
"You must struggle on to get in through the narrow door, for I tell you, many will try to get in, but will not succeed,
Romans 15:20
In this matter it has ever been my ambition to tell the good news where Christ's name had never been mentioned, so as not to build upon foundations laid by other men,
Romans 15:30
Now I beg you, brothers, for the sake of our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love that the Spirit inspires, to wrestle with me in prayers to God on my behalf,
1 Corinthians 9:25-27
Any man who enters an athletic contest practices rigid self-control in training, only to win a wreath that withers, but we are in to win a wreath that never withers.
1 Corinthians 12:6
there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who does all things by putting energy in us all.
1 Corinthians 12:11
But the one and same Spirit accomplishes all these achievements, and apportions power to each of us as He chooses.
2 Corinthians 5:9
So whether I am at home or away from home, it is my constant ambition to please Him.
2 Corinthians 6:5
in floggings, imprisonments, riots, labors, sleepless nights, and hunger;
2 Corinthians 11:23
Are they ministers of Christ? So am I. I am talking like a man that has gone crazy -- as such I am superior! -- serving Him with labors greater by far, with far more imprisonments, with floggings vastly worse, and often at the point of death.
2 Corinthians 12:9-10
but He said to me, "My spiritual strength is sufficient, for it is only by means of conscious weakness that perfect power is developed."
2 Corinthians 13:3
since you demand a proof that Christ is speaking through me. For Christ is not exhibiting weakness toward you but power in you.
Ephesians 3:7
for which I was called to serve in accordance with the gift of God's unmerited favor which was bestowed on me by the exercise of His power--
Ephesians 3:20
To Him who by His power that is at work within us can do surpassingly more than all we ask or imagine,
Philippians 1:27
Only you must practice living lives that are worthy of the good news, so that whether I come and see you or stay away, I may hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit, and that with one purpose you are continuing to cooperate in the fight for faith in the good news.
Philippians 1:30
since you are having the same struggle that you once saw me have and which you hear that I am still having.
Philippians 2:13
for it is God Himself who is at work in you to help you desire it as well as do it.
Philippians 2:16
to hold up the message of life. That will give me ground for boasting on the day of Christ, because neither my career nor my labor has been a failure.
1 Thessalonians 2:9
You remember, brothers, our hard labor and toil. We kept up our habit of working night and day, in order not to be a burden to any of you when we preached to you.
2 Thessalonians 3:8
I did not eat any man's bread without paying for it, but with toil and hard labor I worked night and day, in order not to be a burden to any of you.
2 Timothy 2:10
For this reason I am bearing anything for the sake of His chosen people, so that they too may obtain the salvation that comes through Christ Jesus and with it eternal glory.
Hebrews 12:4
You have not yet, as you have struggled on against sin, resisted to the point of pouring out your blood,
Hebrews 13:21
perfectly fit you to do His will, He Himself, through Jesus Christ, accomplishing through you what is pleasing to Him. To Him be glory forever and ever. Amen.
Revelation 2:3
You are showing patient endurance, and you have borne it for my sake, and have not grown weary.