Make every effort to come to me soon.

For this very reason, ¹  make every effort ²  to add to your faith excellence, ³  to excellence, knowledge;

Indeed, I will also make every effort that, after my departure, you have a testimony of these things. ¹ 

making every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

Are you so foolish? Although you began ¹  with ²  the Spirit, are you now trying to finish ³  by human effort? ⁴ 

Thus we must make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one may fall by following the same pattern of disobedience.

Just as dreams come when there are many cares, ¹  so ²  the rash vow ³  of a fool occurs ⁴  when there are many words.

So then, ¹  it does not depend on human desire or exertion, ²  but on God who shows mercy.

Make every effort to help ¹  Zenas the lawyer ²  and Apollos on their way; make sure they have what they need. ³ 

As you are going with your accuser before the magistrate, ¹  make an effort to settle with him on the way, so that he will not drag you before the judge, and the judge hand you over to the officer, ²  and the officer throw you into prison.

“Exert every effort ¹  to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to.

Make every effort to come before winter. Greetings to you from Eubulus, Pudens, Linus, Claudia, and all the brothers and sisters. ¹ 

When I send Artemas or Tychicus to you, do your best to come to me at Nicopolis, for I have decided to spend the winter there.

Therefore, dear friends, since you are waiting for ¹  these things, strive to be found ²  at peace, without spot or blemish, when you come into his presence. ³ 

When I tried to make sense of this, it was troubling to me. ¹ 

A song of ascents. ²  O Lord, for David’s sake remember all his strenuous effort, ³ 

The crown of the wise is their riches, ¹  but the folly ²  of fools is folly.

What benefit ¹  do people ²  get from all the effort which ³  they expend ⁴  on earth? ⁵ 

No one invokes ¹  your name, or makes an effort ²  to take hold of you. For you have rejected us ³  and handed us over to our own sins. ⁴ 

When the king heard this, ¹  he was very upset and began thinking about ²  how he might rescue Daniel. Until late afternoon ³  he was struggling to find a way to rescue him.