Colossians 1:29
For which also I labor, striving according to his working, which works in me with power.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.
In Context
Cross References
Romans 15:20And thus having aspired to proclaim the good-news not where Christ was already named, so that I would not build upon a foundation belonging to another man,
1 Corinthians 9:25And every man who strives for mastery exercises self-control in all things. Indeed therefore those men do it so that they might obtain a perishable crown, but we an imperishable.
1 Corinthians 12:11But the one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each man individually as it wills.
2 Corinthians 5:9Therefore also we aspire, whether at home or away from home, to be well-pleasing to him.
2 Corinthians 11:23Are they helpers of Christ? (I speak as being mad) I more: in toils, more abundantly; in stripes, countless; in prisons, more frequently; in deaths often.
2 Corinthians 13:3since ye seek proof of the Christ speaking in me, who is not weak toward you, but is mighty in you.
Matthew Henry on Colossians 1:13-29
The Redeemer's Dignity; The Work of Redemption; Paul's Preaching. ( a. d. 62.) 12 Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light: 13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son: 14 In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins: 15 Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: 16 For by him were all things created, that are in heaven,… Read the whole commentary →