Colossians 1:11

you will be made strong at all points with a strength worthy of the power manifested in his glory – strong to endure with patience, and even with gladness, whatever may happen to you;

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

In Context

10Then you will live lives worthy of the Master, and so please God in every way. Your lives will be fruitful in every kind of good action, and grow into a fuller knowledge of God;

12and you will give thanks to the Father who made you fit to share the lot which awaits Christ’s people in the realms of light.

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Cross References

Psalms 63:2As I in the temple have seen you, beholding your power and your glory,

Acts 5:41But the apostles left the Council, rejoicing that they had been thought worthy to suffer disgrace for that name;

Romans 5:3And not only that, but let us also exult in our troubles;

2 Corinthians 6:4No, we are trying to commend ourselves under all circumstances, as God’s assistants should – in many an hour of endurance, in troubles, in hardships, in difficulties,

Ephesians 3:16and pray that, in proportion to the wealth of his glory, he will strengthen you with his power by breathing his Spirit into your inmost soul,

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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