32 Bible Verses about Staying Strong During Hard Times

To conclude. Be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might;

Of course, if you are actually married, there is no sin in that; and if a maid marries, there is no sin in that. (At the same time those who marry will have outward trouble ??and I would spare you that.)

never let your zeal flag; maintain the spiritual glow; serve the Lord;

praying at all times in the Spirit with all manner of prayer and entreaty ??be alive to that, attend to it unceasingly, interceding on behalf of all the saints

We who are strong ought to bear the burdens that the weak make for themselves and us. We are not to please ourselves.

their intelligence is darkened, they are estranged from the life of God by the ignorance which their dulness of heart has produced in them ??19 men who have recklessly abandoned themselves to sensuality, with a lust for the business of impurity in every shape and form.

who comforts me in all my distress, so that I am able to comfort people who are in any distress by the comfort with which I myself am comforted by God.

fixed and founded in him, confirmed in the faith as you have been taught it, and overflowing with thankfulness to God.

but he will be saved who holds out to the very end.

Mark this, there are hard times coming in the last days.

Watch and pray, all of you, so that you may not slip into temptation. The spirit is eager but the flesh is weak."

to preserve the unity of the Spirit by binding peace upon yourselves.

That will turn out an opportunity for you to bear witness.

for there will be sore misery then, such as never has been from the beginning of the world till now ??no and never shall be.

hold fast the word of life, so that I can be proud of you on the Day of Christ, because I have not run or worked for nothing.

Well then, my beloved brothers, hold your ground, immovable; abound in work for the Lord at all times, for you may be sure that in the Lord your labour is never thrown away.

endurance produces character, and character produces hope ??5 a hope which never disappoints us, since God's love floods our hearts through the holy Spirit which has been given to us.

Look at ships too; for all their size and speed under stiff winds, they are turned by a tiny rudder wherever the mind of the steersman chooses.

he fell into an agony and prayed with greater intensity, his sweat dropping to the ground like clots of blood.]

It makes me satisfied, for Christ's sake, with weakness, insults, trouble, persecution, and calamity; for I am strong just when I am weak.

that is only to prove your faith is sterling (far more precious than gold which is perishable and yet is tested by fire), and it redounds to your praise and glory and honour at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

Besides, their minds were dulled, for to this very day, when the Old Testament is read aloud, the same veil hangs. Veiled from them the fact that the glory fades in Christ!

Woe to women with child and to women who give suck in those days, for sore anguish will come upon the land and Wrath on this people;

I have said all this to you that in me you may have peace; in the world you have trouble, but courage! I have conquered the world.

And many will be repelled then, they will betray one another and hate one another.

let us hold the hope we avow without wavering (for we can rely on him who gave us the Promise);

strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them to hold by the faith, and telling them that "we have to get into the Realm of God through many a trouble."

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What can ever part us from Christ's love? Can anguish or calamity or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or the sword?

never give up prayer,

quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, from weakness won to strength, proved valiant in warfare, and routed hosts of foreigners.

as we recall your active faith and labour of love and patient hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father.