I have in front of me here at my desk. KJV, NIV, NLT, ASB, and many others. While I myself enjoy and preach from my KJV, I use the others as needed when confronted with something, But one thing they all have in common, is that none of them say it is going to be easy.
Christ came to bring division and the cross separates the saved from the unsaved
'Therefore,my beloved brethren,be steadfast,unmoveable,always abounding in the work of the Lord,forasmuch as you know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord' (1 Corinthians 15:58)
We are stewards of God. We were created by Him and His Son. We are purchased with the blood of Christ. We have been convicted and converted by His Spirit and born again to eternal life.