Bible verses about "struggles" | NSB

¹ A man named Job lived in Uz. He was a man of integrity! He was decent, he respected God, and he stayed away from evil. ² He had seven sons and three daughters. ³ He owned seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, one thousand head of cattle, and five hundred donkeys. He also had a large number of servants. In fact he was the greatest (richest) of all the Orientals in the East! ⁴ Job's sons used to take turns giving a feast. They invited many others to come, and they always invited their three sisters to join them. ⁵ The morning after each feast, Job would get up early to offer sacrifices for each of his children in order to purify them. He always did this because he thought that one of them might have sinned by insulting God unintentionally. ⁶ The day came when heavenly beings appeared before Jehovah (YHWH). Satan was there among them. ⁷ Jehovah asked him: »What have you been doing?« Satan answered: »I have been walking here and there and roaming around the earth.« ⁸ »Did you notice my servant Job?« Jehovah asked. »There is no one on earth as faithful and good as he is. He respects me and is careful not to do anything evil.« ⁹ Satan replied: »Would Job respect you if he got nothing out of it? ¹⁰ »You have always protected him and his family and everything he owns. You bless everything he does. You have given him enough cattle to fill the whole country. ¹¹ »Now suppose you take away everything he has. He will curse you to your face!« ¹² »All right,« Jehovah said to Satan, »everything he has is in your power, but you must not hurt Job!« So Satan left. ¹³ One day when Job's children were having a feast at the home of their oldest brother, ¹⁴ a messenger came running to Job. »We were plowing the fields with the cattle,« he said, »and the donkeys were in a nearby pasture. ¹⁵ »Suddenly the Sabeans attacked and stole them all. They killed every one of your servants except me. I am the only one who escaped to tell you.« ¹⁶ Before he finished speaking, another servant came and said: »Lightning struck the sheep and the shepherds and killed them all. I am the only one who escaped to tell you.« ¹⁷ Before he finished speaking, another servant came and said: »Three bands of Chaldean raiders attacked us. They took away the camels and killed all your servants except me. I am the only one who escaped to tell you.« ¹⁸ No sooner had he finished speaking, then another servant came and said: »Your children were having a feast at the home of your oldest son, ¹⁹ when a storm swept in from the desert. It blew the house down and killed them all. I am the only one who escaped to tell you.« ²⁰ Then Job got up and tore his clothes in grief. He shaved his head and threw himself face down on the ground. ²¹ He said: »I was born with nothing (naked), and I will die with nothing. Jehovah gave, and now he has taken away. Blessed be the name of Jehovah!« ²² In spite of everything that had happened, Job did not sin by blaming God.

⁶ Jesus proclaimed: »I am the way, the truth, and the life! No one comes to the Father except through me.

¹⁹ What? Do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit? That one (Greek: »hos he ho« which, that one) is in you. You received it from God. You are not your own. ²⁰ You are bought with a price! Therefore glorify God in your body.

¹⁹ Now the works of the flesh (sinful human nature) are apparent. They are: fornication, uncleanness, loose conduct, ²⁰ idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, wrath, contentions, divisions, sects, ²¹ envies, drunkenness, revelries, and things like these. I forewarn you, even as I did forewarn you, that those who practice such things would not inherit the kingdom of God.

²² He said to his disciples: »Let us go to the other side of the lake.« Then he and his disciples boarded a boat and did so. ²³ Jesus fell asleep as they sailed to the other side. A large windstorm came to the lake. The boat was filling with water, and they were in danger. ²⁴ They awoke him saying: »Master, Master, we parish!« He rebuked the wind and the raging of the water and there was calm. ²⁵ He asked them, »Were is your faith?« They were afraid and they marveled. They asked: »Who then is this, that he commands even the winds and the water, and they obey him?«

¹⁰ Why do you judge your brother? Why do you look down on your brother with contempt? We will all stand before the judgment seat of God (Theos). ¹¹ It is written: As I live, says Jehovah, every knee will bow to me, and every tongue will acknowledge (confess to) Jehovah. (Isaiah 45:23) ¹² So then every one of us will give account of himself to God. ¹³ Let us not judge one another any more. Let no man put a stumbling block or an occasion to fall in his brother’s way.

³ For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh. ⁴ The weapons we use in our fight are not of the flesh but God's powerful weapons, which we use to destroy strongholds. We destroy false arguments. ⁵ We cast down imaginations, and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God. We bring every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ.

¹ Accept the man who has a weak faith, but not to entertain doubtful thinking.

²⁸ We know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.

² Count it all joy, my brothers, when you encounter various trials. ³ Know that the testing of your faith produces patience (endurance). ⁴ Let patience have its perfect work, that you may be mature, complete, and lacking in nothing.

¹³ No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to man. God is faithful and he will not allow you to be tempted beyond your limits. He will make a way out, that you will be able to endure it.

¹⁰ After you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will perfect, establish, and strengthen you.