Colossians 1:11

strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and long-suffering with joy;

Thomas Haweis 1795 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

10that ye may walk worthy of the Lord, well pleasing him in all things, in every good work fruitful, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

12giving thanks to God, even the Father, who hath made us meet for a portion in the inheritance of the saints in light;

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Cross References

Acts 5:41Then they went rejoicing from the presence of the sanhedrim, that for his name’s sake, they had been counted worthy to suffer this injurious treatment.

Romans 5:3And not only so, but we glory also in tribulations: knowing that tribulation produceth patience;

2 Corinthians 6:4but in every thing approving ourselves as ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in straits,

Ephesians 3:16that he would give you according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might 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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