Colossians 1:11

strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, in order to all patience and long-suffering with joyfulness,

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;

In Context

10so that you may walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, in order to please him in all things, by means of every good work bringing forth fruit, and increasing in the knowledge, of God,

12giving thanks to the Father, who has made us fit for a portion of the inheritance of the saints in light:

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Cross References

Acts 5:41Then, they went from the presence of the Sanhedrim, rejoicing that they were thought worthy to suffer shame for his name’s sake.

Romans 5:3And not only so, but we rejoice in afflictions also; because we know that affliction produces patience,

2 Corinthians 6:4but in all things we commend ourselves as the ministers of God, in much suffering, in afflictions, in distresses, in straits,

Ephesians 3:16that he may grant to you, according to the riches of his glory, to be mightily strengthened by his Spirit in the inner man,

Matthew Henry on Colossians 1:10-12

Paul's Prayer for the Colossians. ( a. d. 62.) 9 For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; 10 That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God; 11 Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness; The apostle proceeds in… Read the whole commentary →

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