Bible Verses About Struggles in Relationships

For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.

Having the same conflict which ye saw in me, and now hear to be in me.

Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.

Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;

Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.

Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?

Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.

Now in this that I declare unto you I praise you not, that ye come together not for the better, but for the worse.

For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?

Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.

Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.

There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

Nevertheless neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord.

Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.

For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.

Why dost thou shew me iniquity, and cause me to behold grievance? for spoiling and violence are before me: and there are that raise up strife and contention.

Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for thy people are as they that strive with the priest.

But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.

Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.

Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.

Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.

A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their contentions are like the bars of a castle.

For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults:

The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.

The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother in law against her daughter in law, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.

Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.

Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus:

For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.

For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;

Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.

If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies,

As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled?

And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:

Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.

Wherefore comfort one another with these words.

These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

Do all things without murmurings and disputings:

Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.