4 Bible Verses about Earnestness

"Strive to get in through the narrow door, for I tell you many will try to get in and not be able,

to press on to the goal for the prize of God's high call in Christ Jesus.

Only, do lead a life that is worthy of the gospel of Christ. Whether I come and see you or only hear of you in absence, let me know you are standing firm in a common spirit, fighting side by side like one man for the faith of the gospel.

Every athlete practises self-restraint all round; but while they do it to win a fading wreath, we do it for an unfading.

I labour for that end, striving for it with the divine energy which is a power within me.

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He replied, "You must love the Lord your God with your whole heart, with your whole soul, and with your whole mind.

I could have wished myself accursed and banished from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my natural kinsmen;

So be on the alert, remember how for three whole years I never ceased night and day to watch over each one of you with tears.

For many ??as I have often told you and tell you now with tears ??many live as enemies of the cross of Christ.