29 Bible Verses about Life Struggles

Wretched man that I am! Who can save me from this deadly lower nature?

since you are having the same struggle that you once saw me have and which you hear that I am still having.

and endurance, tested character, and tested character, hope,

You have not yet, as you have struggled on against sin, resisted to the point of pouring out your blood,

For this I am toiling and struggling by His active energy which is mightily working in me.

Blessed is the person who endures trial, for when he stands the test, he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love Him.

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.

I have told you these things, that you through union with me may have peace. In the world you have trouble, but be courageous! I have conquered the world."

For I consider all that we suffer in this present life is nothing to be compared with the glory which by-and-by is to be uncovered for us.

But if you do get married, you have not sinned in doing so. And if a girl gets married, she has not sinned in doing so. But those who do will have trouble in their earthly life, and I am trying to spare you this.

for you surely know that what is genuine in your faith produces the patient mind that endures;

who comforts me in every sorrow I have, so that I can comfort people who are in sorrow with the comfort with which I am comforted by God.

In such a hope keep on rejoicing, although for a little while you must be sorrow-stricken with various trials,

But you must continue to remember those earlier days when first you received the light and then endured so great a struggle with persecution,

To this end we are toiling and struggling, because we have fixed our hope on the living God, who is the Saviour of all mankind, especially of believers.

but I see another power operating in my lower nature in conflict with the power operated by my reason, which makes me a prisoner to the power of sin which is operating in my lower nature.

I am hesitating between two desires, for I long to depart and to be with Christ, for that is far, far better,

Indeed, I do not understand what I do, for I do not practice what I want to do, but I am always doing what I hate.

Indeed, I do not do the good things that I want to do, but I do practice the evil things that I do not want to do.

For the cravings of the lower nature are just the opposite to those of the Spirit, and the cravings of the Spirit are just the opposite of those of the lower nature; these two are opposed to each other, so that you cannot do anything you please.

So I find this law: When I want to do right, the wrong is always in my way.

For our contest is not with human foes alone, but with the rulers, authorities, and cosmic powers of this dark world; that is, with the spirit-forces of evil challenging us in the heavenly contest.

Keep up the good fight for the faith. Keep your hold on eternal life, to which God called you, when before many witnesses you made the good profession of faith.

For I know that nothing good has its home in me; that is, in my lower self; I have the will but not the power to do what is right.

Now really it is not I that am doing these things, but it is sin which has its home within me.

For this slight and momentary sorrow continues to accumulate for me a solid and eternal glory far beyond any comparison,

For even after I had gotten to Macedonia, my frail, human nature could find no relief; I was crushed with sorrow at every turn -- fighting without and fears within.

For it has been graciously granted to you for Christ's sake, not only to trust in Him but also to suffer for Him,

And not only that, but this too: let us continue exulting in our sufferings, for we know that suffering produces endurance,