37 Bible Verses about Struggles

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

Resist him and be strong in faith, because you know that your brotherhood all over the world is experiencing the same sort of sufferings.

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.

"You must struggle on to get in through the narrow door, for I tell you, many will try to get in, but will not succeed,

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

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.

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.

Now I beg you, brothers, for the sake of our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love that the Spirit inspires, to wrestle with me in prayers to God on my behalf,

my message of truth, and the power of God; with the weapons of right-doing in my right hand and my left;

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

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

I want you to know what a battle I am fighting for you and for those in Laodicea, yes, for all who have never known me personally,

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

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.

Epaphras, one of your own number, a slave of Christ Jesus, wishes to be remembered to you. He is always earnestly pleading for you in his prayers that you may stand fast as men mature and of firm convictions in everything required by the will of God.

For inasmuch as He has suffered Himself by being tempted, He is able to give immediate help to any that are tempted.

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.

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.

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.

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."

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

For whoever is admitted into God's rest himself has rested from his works, just as God did.

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

And God, the giver of every spiritual blessing, who through your union with Christ has called you to His eternal glory, after you have suffered a little while, will Himself make you perfect, firm, and strong,

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.

Brothers, I do not think that I have captured it yet, but here is my one aspiration, so forgetting what is behind me and reaching out for what is ahead of me,

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

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

Three times I begged the Lord about this to make it go away and leave me,