gSee James 1:12
qSee 1 Cor. 16:13
Luke 13:24
24 a“Strive 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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