51 Bible Verses about Struggles
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For this I labor [often to the point of exhaustion], striving with His power and energy, which so greatly works within me.
You have not yet struggled to the point of shedding blood in your striving against sin;
For our struggle is not against flesh and blood [contending only with physical opponents], but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this [present] darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly (supernatural) places.
and endurance, proven character (spiritual maturity); and proven character, hope and confident assurance [of eternal salvation].
For I do not understand my own actions [I am baffled and bewildered by them]. I do not practice what I want to do, but I am doing the very thing I hate [and yielding to my human nature, my worldliness—my sinful capacity].
But remember the earlier days, when, after being [spiritually] enlightened, you [patiently] endured a great conflict of sufferings,
[and so you are] experiencing the same [kind of] conflict which you saw me endure, and which you hear to be mine now.
But resist him, be firm in your faith [against his attack—rooted, established, immovable], knowing that the same experiences of suffering are being experienced by your brothers and sisters throughout the world. [You do not suffer alone.]
who comforts and encourages us in every trouble so that we will be able to comfort and encourage those who are in any kind of trouble, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.
“Strive to enter through the narrow door [force aside unbelief and the attractions of sin]; for many, I tell you, will try to enter [by their own works] and will not be able.
For our momentary, light distress [this passing trouble] is producing for us an eternal weight of glory [a fullness] beyond all measure [surpassing all comparisons, a transcendent splendor and an endless blessedness]!
For there are no pains in their death,
Their body is fat and pampered.
For I consider [from the standpoint of faith] that the sufferings of the present life are not worthy to be compared with the glory that is about to be revealed to us and in us!
But the children struggled together within her [kicking and shoving one another]; and she said, “If it is so [that the Lord has heard our prayer], why then am I this way?” So she went to inquire of the Lord [praying for an answer].
For even when we arrived in Macedonia our bodies had no rest, but we were oppressed at every turn—conflicts and disputes without, fears and dread within.
The labor of a fool so wearies him [because he is ignorant] that he does not even know how to go to a city.
I urge you, believers, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to join together with me in your prayers to God in my behalf,
in [speaking] the word of truth, in the power of God; by the weapons of righteousness for the right hand [like holding the sword to attack] and for the left [like holding the shield to defend],
And He said, “Your name shall no longer be Jacob, but Israel; for you have struggled with God and with men and have prevailed.”
The blessing of the Lord brings [true] riches,
And He adds no sorrow to it [for it comes as a blessing from God].
And not only this, but [with joy] let us exult in our sufferings and rejoice in our hardships, knowing that hardship (distress, pressure, trouble) produces patient endurance;
“If a man dies, will he live again?
I will wait all the days of my struggle
Until my change and release will come.
In this you rejoice greatly, even though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been distressed by various trials,
For I want you to know how great a struggle I have for you and for those [believers] at Laodicea, and for all who [like yourselves] have never seen me face to face.
For you have been granted [the privilege] for Christ’s sake, not only to believe and confidently trust in Him, but also to suffer for His sake,
For the good that I want to do, I do not do, but I practice the very evil that I do not want.
“Lay your hand on him;
Remember the battle [with him]; you will not do such [an ill-advised thing] again!
Epaphras, who is one of you and a bond-servant of Christ Jesus, sends you greetings. [He is] always striving for you in his prayers, praying with genuine concern, [pleading] that you may [as people of character and courage] stand firm, [spiritually mature] and fully assured in all the will of God.
Because He Himself [in His humanity] has suffered in being tempted, He is able to help and provide immediate assistance to those who are being tempted and exposed to suffering.
but I see a different law and rule of action in the members of my body [in its appetites and desires], waging war against the law of my mind and subduing me and making me a prisoner of the law of sin which is within my members.
For the sinful nature has its desire which is opposed to the Spirit, and the [desire of the] Spirit opposes the sinful nature; for these [two, the sinful nature and the Spirit] are in direct opposition to each other [continually in conflict], so that you [as believers] do not [always] do whatever [good things] you want to do.
But if you do marry, you have not sinned [in doing so]; and if a virgin marries, she has not sinned [in doing so]. Yet those [who marry] will have troubles (special challenges) in this life, and I am trying to spare you that.
I have told you these things, so that in Me you may have [perfect] peace. In the world you have tribulation and distress and suffering, but be courageous [be confident, be undaunted, be filled with joy]; I have overcome the world.” [My conquest is accomplished, My victory abiding.]
Call on Me in the day of trouble;
I will rescue you, and you shall honor and glorify Me.”
Wretched and miserable man that I am! Who will [rescue me and] set me free from this body of death [this corrupt, mortal existence]?
For the one who has once entered His rest has also rested from [the weariness and pain of] his [human] labors, just as God rested from [those labors uniquely] His own.
He wrestled with the angel and prevailed;
He wept [in repentance] and sought His favor.
He met Him at Bethel
And there God spoke with [him and through him with] us—
Be assured that the testing of your faith [through experience] produces endurance [leading to spiritual maturity, and inner peace].
After you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace [who imparts His blessing and favor], who called you to His own eternal glory in Christ, will Himself complete, confirm, strengthen, and establish you [making you what you ought to be].
It is for this that we labor and strive [often called to account], because we have fixed our [confident] hope on the living God, who is the Savior of all people, especially of those who believe [in Him, recognize Him as the Son of God, and accept Him as Savior and Lord].
For what does a man get from all his labor and from the striving and sorrow of his heart with which he labors under the sun?
If you are slack (careless) in the day of distress,
Your strength is limited.
“If [two] men, a man and his countryman, are fighting and the wife of one approaches to rescue her husband from the man who is striking him, and she reaches out with her hand and grabs the aggressor’s genitals,
Brothers and sisters, I do not consider that I have made it my own yet; but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead,
So I find it to be the law [of my inner self], that evil is present in me, the one who wants to do good.
But I am hard-pressed between the two. I have the desire to leave [this world] and be with Christ, for that is far, far better;
Concerning this I pleaded with the Lord three times that it might leave me;
Topics on Struggles
Life Struggles
Romans 7:24Wretched and miserable man that I am! Who will [rescue me and] set me free from this body of death [this corrupt, mortal existence]?
Struggles In Relationship
1 Corinthians 7:9But if they do not have [sufficient] self-control, they should marry; for it is better to marry than to burn with passion.
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- Afflictions
- Blood
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- Conflict
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- Endurance
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- Hard Times
- Hard Work And Perseverance
- Hardship
- Hope In Hard Times
- Knowing God's Will
- Life Struggles
- Maturity
- Overcoming Adversity
- Overcoming Hard Times
- Patience In Hard Times
- Peace And Comfort
- Principalities And Powers
- Short Time Till The End
- Spiritual Striving
- Spiritual Warfare
- Spiritual Warfare, As Conflict
- Staying Strong During Hard Times
- Striving With God
- Struggles In Relationship
- Success And Hard Work
- Suffering
- Temporary Affliction Of Saints