Luke 13:24

24 aStrive bto enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able.

Romans 15:20

20and thus I make it my ambition to preach the gospel, not where Christ has already been named, clest I build on someone else’s foundation,

Romans 15:30

30I appeal to you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by dthe love of the Spirit, eto strive together with me in your prayers to God on my behalf,

1 Corinthians 9:25-27

25Every fathlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we gan imperishable. 26So I do not run aimlessly; I hdo not box as one ibeating the air. 27But I discipline my body and jkeep it under control,
Greek  I pummel my body and make it a slave
lest after preaching to others lI myself should be mdisqualified.

Philippians 1:27

27Only nlet your manner of life be oworthy
Greek  Only behave as citizens worthy
of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of you qthat you are standing firm in one spirit, with rone mind sstriving side by side for the faith of the gospel,

Philippians 1:30

30engaged in the same tconflict that uyou saw I had and now hear that I still have.

Colossians 2:1

1For I want you to know vhow great a wstruggle I have for you and for those at Laodicea and for all who have not seen me face to face,

Hebrews 12:4

4In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.
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