'Struggle' in the Bible

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.

nor did we eat anyone’s bread without paying for it, but with labor and hardship we worked night and day [to pay our own way] so that we would not be a financial burden on any of you [for our support];

But remember the earlier days, when, after being [spiritually] enlightened, you [patiently] endured a great conflict of sufferings,