23 Bible Verses about striving

I am pressing onward toward the goal, to win the prize to which God through Jesus Christ is calling us upward.

It is not a fact that I have already secured it or already reached perfection, but I am pressing on to see if I can capture it, the ideal for which I was captured by Christ Jesus.

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

"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,

Any man who enters an athletic contest practices rigid self-control in training, only to win a wreath that withers, but we are in to win a wreath that never withers.

Only you must practice living lives that are worthy of the good news, so that whether I come and see you or stay away, I may hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit, and that with one purpose you are continuing to cooperate in the fight for faith in the good news.

and a slave of the Lord must not quarrel but must be gentle to everybody; he must be a skillful teacher, and not resentful under injuries.

Finally, brothers, goodbye! Practice the perfecting of your characters, keep listening to my appeals, continue thinking in harmony and living in peace, and the loving, peace-giving God will be with you.

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

No contestant in the games is crowned, unless he competes according to the rules.

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.

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.

with perfect humility and gentleness, with patience, lovingly bearing with one another,

Am I now trying to win men's favor, or God's? Or, am I trying to be pleasing to men? If I were still trying to be pleasing to men, I would not be a slave of Christ at all.

Keep on reminding men of these things. Solemnly charge them before God to stop petty debating, which does no good at all but brings destruction on those who hear it.

Continue to live in peace with everybody and strive for that consecration without which no one can see the Lord.

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,

continuing with eager earnestness to maintain the unity of the Spirit through the tie of peace.

eternal life to those who patiently continue doing good and striving for glory, honor, and immortality,

So I am always striving to have a conscience that is clear before God and men.

But you, as a man of God, must be fleeing always from these things; you must constantly strive for uprightness, godliness, faith, love, steadfastness, gentleness.