Colossians 2:1
For I want you to know how great a struggle I have on behalf of you, and those in Laodicea, and all those who have not seen my face {in person},
Colossians 1:29
for which [purpose] also I labor, striving according to his working which is at work powerfully in me.
Philippians 1:30
having the same struggle which you saw in me and now hear about in me.
Revelation 1:11
saying, "What you see, write in a book and send [it] to the seven churches: to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamum and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea."
Colossians 4:12-13
Epaphras, who is [one] of you, greets you, a slave of Christ always struggling on behalf of you in his prayers, that you may stand mature and fully assured in all the will of God.
Genesis 32:24-30
And Jacob remained alone, and a man wrestled with him until the breaking of the dawn.
Hosea 12:3-4
In the womb he deceived his brother, and in his manhood he struggled with God.
Luke 22:44
And being in anguish, he began praying more fervently and his sweat became like drops of blood falling down to the ground.]]
Acts 20:25
"And now behold, I know that all [of] you, among whom I went about proclaiming the kingdom, will see my face no more.
Acts 20:38
especially distressed at the statement that he had said, that they were going to see his face no more. And they accompanied him to the ship.
Galatians 4:19
My children, for whom I am having birth pains again, until Christ is formed in you!
Colossians 1:24
Now I rejoice in my sufferings on behalf of you, and I fill up in my flesh what is lacking of the afflictions of Christ, on behalf of his body which is the church,
Colossians 2:5
for even if I am absent in the flesh, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing and seeing your good order and the steadfastness of your faith in Christ.
Colossians 4:15-16
Greet the brothers in Laodicea, and Nympha and the church in her house.
1 Thessalonians 2:2
but [after we] had already suffered and been mistreated in Philippi, just as you know, we had the courage in our God to speak to you the gospel of God amid much opposition.
Hebrews 5:7
who in the days of his flesh offered up both prayers and supplications, with loud crying and tears, to the one who was able to save him from death, and he was heard as a result of his reverence.
1 Peter 1:8
whom, [although you] have not seen, you love; in whom now you believe, [although you] do not see [him], and you rejoice greatly with joy inexpressible and full of glory,
Revelation 3:14-22
"And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: "This is what the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the originator of God's creation, says:
Genesis 30:8
And Rachel said, "I have struggled a mighty struggle with my sister and have prevailed." And she called his name Naphtali.