Endurance

I am strengthened with all might, according to the Lord’s glorious power, for all patient endurance and longsuffering with joy! (Colossians 1:11)

I am strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. (Ephesians 6:10)

I put on the whole armor of God, that I may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. (Ephesians 6:11)

I always carry about in my body the dying of the Lord Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may be manifested in my mortal body. (2 Corinthians 4:10,11)

As a servant of God I commend myself in every way – through great endurance. (2 Corinthians 6:4)

“that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death” (Philippians 3:10)

I discipline my body and bring it into subjection, lest, when I have preached to others, I myself should become disqualified. (1 Corinthians 9:27)

I am to be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that my labor is not in vain in the Lord. (1 Corinthians 15:58)

For my light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for me (us) a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory, while I do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal. (2 Corinthians 5:17-18)

I imitate the apostle Paul, just as he also imitated Christ. (1 Corinthians 11:1).