Quotes About Struggle

in beatings, imprisonments, and riots; in labor, sleepless nights, and hunger;

as unknown, yet well-known; dying, and yet we live on; punished, yet not killed;

For when we arrived in Macedonia, our bodies had no rest, but we were pressed from every direction—conflicts on the outside, fears within.

Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one.

in labor and toil and often without sleep, in hunger and thirst and often without food, in cold and exposure.

Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me.

Are you so foolish? After starting in the Spirit, are you now finishing in the flesh?

Have you suffered so much for nothing, if it really was for nothing?

I fear for you, that my efforts for you may have been in vain.

At that time, however, the son born by the flesh persecuted the son born by the Spirit. It is the same now.

For the flesh craves what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are opposed to each other, so that you do not do what you want.

For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this worldís darkness, and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.

I am torn between the two. I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better indeed.

since you are encountering the same struggle you saw I had, and now hear that I still have.

For I want you to know how much I am struggling for you and for those at Laodicea, and for all who have not met me face to face,

For we wanted to come to you—indeed I, Paul, tried again and again—but Satan obstructed us.

Indeed, when we were with you, we kept warning you that we would suffer persecution; and as you know, it has come to pass.

For some have already turned aside to follow Satan.

Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made the good confession before many witnesses.

I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.

Remember the early days that you were in the light. In those days, you endured a great conflict in the face of suffering.

The world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, and hid in caves and holes in the ground.

In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.

For you know that afterward, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected. He could find no ground for repentance, though he sought the blessing with tears.