4 Bible Verses about Earnestness

"Strive to go in by the small door. Many, I tell you, will seek to go in, but they will not be able,

I press on to the goal, to gain the prize of that heavenward Call which God gave me through Christ Jesus.

Under all circumstances let your lives be worthy of the Good News of the Christ: so that, whether I come and see you, or whether I hear of your affairs at a distance, I may know that you are standing firm, animated by one spirit, and joining with one heart in a common struggle for the Faith taught by the Good News,

Every athlete exercises self-restraint in everything; they, indeed, for a crown that fades, we for one that is unfading.

It is for that I toil, struggling with all the energy which he inspires and which works powerfully within me.

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His answer was: "'Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy Heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.'

I could wish that I were myself accursed and severed from the Christ, for the sake of my Brothers-my own countrymen.

Therefore, be on your guard, remembering how for three years, night and day, I never ceased, even with tears, to warn each one of you.

For there are many--of whom I have often told you, and now tell you even with tears--who are living in enmity to the cross of the Christ.