Quotes about Struggle
He exploited our people and oppressed our fathers, forcing them to abandon their infants so they would die.
— Acts 7:19
Now then, why do you test God by placing on the necks of the disciples a yoke that neither we nor our fathers have been able to bear?
— Acts 15:10
The crowd joined in the attack against Paul and Silas, and the magistrates ordered that they be stripped and beaten with rods.
— Acts 16:22
And after striking them with many blows, they threw them into prison and ordered the jailer to guard them securely.
— Acts 16:23
Then the man with the evil spirit jumped on them and overpowered them all. The attack was so violent that they ran out of the house naked and wounded.
— Acts 19:16
When Paul reached the steps, he had to be carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the mob.
— Acts 21:35
So then, I too was convinced that I ought to do all I could to oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
— Acts 26:9
Unable to head into the wind, the ship was caught up. So we gave way and let ourselves be driven along.
— Acts 27:15
We were tossed so violently that the next day the men began to jettison the cargo.
— Acts 27:18
On the third day, they threw the ship’s tackle overboard with their own hands.
— Acts 27:19
Paul gathered a bundle of sticks, and as he laid them on the fire, a viper, driven out by the heat, fastened itself to his hand.
— Acts 28:3
For when we lived according to the flesh, the sinful passions aroused by the law were at work in our bodies, bearing fruit for death.
— Romans 7:5