23 Bible Verses about striving

I am pressing toward the goal, for the prize to which God through Christ Jesus calls us upward.

Not that I have secured it yet, or already reached perfection, but I am pressing on to see if I can capture it, because I have been captured by Jesus Christ.

That is what I am working for, fighting with all the energy with which he so mightily endows me.

"You must strain every nerve to get in through the narrow door, for I tell you many will try to get in, and will not succeed,

Any man who enters an athletic contest goes into strict training, to win a wreath that will soon wither, but the one we compete for will never wither.

Whatever happens, show yourselves citizens worthy of the good news of the Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am kept away and only hear news of you, I may know that you are standing firm with one spirit, one purpose, fighting side by side for faith in the good news.

and a slave of the Lord must not quarrel, but treat everyone kindly; he must be persuasive and unresentful,

Now brothers, goodbye! Be what you ought to be, listen to my appeal, agree with one another, live in peace, and God the source of love and peace will be with you.

You have not yet resisted unto death in your struggle with sin,

No one who competes in the games is awarded a crown unless he obeys the rules.

Epaphras, one of your own number, a slave of Christ Jesus, wishes to be remembered to you. He is always standing up for you in his prayers that you may stand fast, like men of mature convictions, whatever God's will for you may be.

It is for this that we toil and struggle, for we have fixed our hopes on the living God, the Savior of all men, especially those who believe.

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

Is that appealing to men's weaknesses, or to God? Is that trying to suit men? If I were still doing that, I would be no slave of Christ.

Remind men of these things. Charge them before God to avoid idle arguments which do no one any good and only bring destruction on those who listen to them.

Try to be at peace with everyone, and strive for that consecration without which no one can see the Lord.

I beg you, brothers, for the sake of our Lord Jesus Christ, and of the love that the Spirit inspires, join me in most earnest prayer to God for me.

Make every effort to maintain the unity of the Spirit through the tie of peace.

Those who by persistently doing right strive for glory, honor, and immortality will have eternal life,

Therefore I strive always to have a clear conscience before God and men.

But you, man of God, must fly from these things. Strive for uprightness, godliness, faith, love, steadfastness, gentleness.