29 Bible Verses about Life Struggles

Wretched man that I am! who will deliver me out of the body of this death?

having the same conflict which ye saw in me, and now hear of in me.

and patience, approval; and approval, hope;

Not yet did ye resist unto blood, contending against sin;

to which end I am toiling also, striving according to His working, which is working in me with power.

Happy is a man who endures temptation; because, when he becomes approved, he will receive the crown of life, which He promised to those who love Him.

holding forth the word of life, for an occasion of glorying to me at the day of Christ, that I ran not in vain, neither labored in vain.

These things have I spoken to you, that in Me ye may have peace. In the world ye have tribulation; but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world."

For I reckon that the sufferings of the present time are of no account in comparison with the glory about to be revealed for us.

But, even if you marry, you did not sin; and, if a virgin marry, she did not sin. Yet such will have tribulation in the flesh; and I am sparing you.

knowing that the proving of your faith establishes patience.

Who consoleth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to console those who are in any tribulation, through the consolation with which we ourselves are consoled by God.

in which ye exult, though now, for a little while, if necessary, made sorrowful in manifold temptations;

But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were enlightened, ye endured a great conflict of sufferings;

For to this end we labor and strive, because we have set our hope on the living God, Who is Savior of all men, especially of believers.

but I see a different law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.

but I am constrained by the two; having the desire to depart and be with Christ, for it is far better;

For what I accomplish, I know not; for not what I wish, this do I practice; but what I hate, this I do.

For the good that I wish, I do not; but the evil which I wish not, this I practice.

For the flesh covets against the spirit, and the spirit against the flesh; for these are contrary one to the other, that ye may not do the things which ye wish.

Consequently, I find the law, that, when I wish to do good, evil is present.

because to us the struggle is not against blood and flesh, but against the principalities, against the authorities, against the world-rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.

Fight the good fight of the faith, lay hold on the eternal life, to which you were called, and confessed a good confession before many witnesses.

For I know that there dwells not in me, that is, in my flesh, any good; for to wish is present with me: but to do that which is good a not.

And now no longer do I accomplish it, but the sin which dwells in me.

For our momentary light tribulation is working out for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory;

For even when we came into Macedonia, our flesh had no relief; but we were in tribulation on every side; without were fightings, within were fears.

but to you it was granted as a favor in behalf of Christ, not only to believe on Him, but in His behalf to suffer also;

And not only so, but we also rejoice in our tribulations; knowing that tribulation works out patience;