29 Bible Verses about struggle

You have not yet, in your struggle with sin, resisted to the death;

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

For we know that trouble develops endurance, and endurance strength of character, and strength of character hope,

For ours is no struggle against enemies of flesh and blood, but against all the various Powers of Evil that hold sway in the Darkness around us, against the Spirits of Wickedness on high.

I do not understand my own actions. For I am so far from habitually doing what I want to do, that I find myself doing the very thing that I hate.

Call to mind those early days in which, after you had received the Light, you patiently underwent a long and painful conflict.

Stand firm against him, strong in your faith; knowing, as you do, that the very sufferings which you are undergoing are being endured to the full by your Brotherhood throughout the world.

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

You will be engaged in the same hard struggle as that which you once saw me waging, and which you hear that I am waging still.

I want you to know in how great a struggle I am engaged for you and for Christ's People at Laodicea, and for all who have not yet seen me;

But throughout my body I see a different law, one which is in conflict with the law accepted by my reason, and which endeavors to make me a prisoner to that law of Sin which exists throughout my body.

What is the cause of the fighting and quarreling that goes on among you? Is not it to be found in the desires which are always at war within you?

I beg you, then, Brothers, by Jesus Christ, our Lord, and by the love inspired by the Spirit, to join me in earnest prayer to God on my behalf.

Who consoles us in all our troubles, so that we may be able to console those who are in any trouble with the consolation that we ourselves receive from him.

For these cravings of our earthly nature conflict with the Spirit, and the Spirit with our earthly nature--they are two contrary principles--so that you cannot do what you wish.

At the thought of this you are full of exultation, though (if it has been necessary) you have suffered for the moment somewhat from various trials;

For he who enters upon God's Rest does himself rest after his work, just as God did.

I fail to do the good thing that I want to do, but the bad thing that I want not to do-that I habitually do.

Epaphras, who is one of yourselves, sends you his greeting. He is a servant of Christ Jesus, and is always most earnest in your behalf in his prayers, praying that you may stand firm, with a matured faith and with a sure conviction of all that is in accordance with God's will.

I do not count the sufferings of our present life worthy of mention when compared with the Glory that is to be revealed and bestowed upon us.

With that aim we toil and struggle, for we have set our hopes on the Living God, who is the Savior of all men, and especially of those who hold the Faith.

And not only that, but let us also exult in our troubles;

They are the spirits of demons, and perform marvels; they go to kings all over the world, to collect them for the battle on the Great Day of Almighty God.

Miserable man that I am! Who will deliver me from the body that is bringing me to this Death?

For I, Brothers, do not regard myself as having yet laid hold of it. But this one thing I do--forgetting what lies behind, and straining every nerve for that which lies in front,

I have run the great Race; I have finished the Course; I have kept the Faith.