Matthew 11:12
From the time of John the Baptist to this very hour, the Kingdom of Heaven has been taken by force, and men using force have been seizing it.
Luke 13:24
"Strive to go in by the small door. Many, I tell you, will seek to go in, but they will not be able,
Luke 18:5-7
Yet, as this widow is so troublesome, I will grant her justice, to stop her from plaguing me with her endless visits.'"
Philippians 2:12-13
Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always been obedient in the past, so now work out your own Salvation with anxious care, not only when I am with you, but all the more now that I am absent.
Colossians 1:29
It is for that I toil, struggling with all the energy which he inspires and which works powerfully within me.