Colossians 1:11

that you may be strengthened in every kind of strength by the might of his glory for every kind of patience and fortitude with good cheer.

Montgomery 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 you may walk worthy of the Lord in every kind of pleasing; that you may be fruitful in every kind of good work, and may increase in the knowledge of God;

12I ask that you may give thanks to the Father who has made us fit to receive our share of the heritage of the saints in the light.

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Cross References

Acts 5:41So they left Sanhedrin, rejoicing that they had been deemed worthy to suffer disgrace for the sake of the Name;

Romans 5:3And not only so, but we are actually exulting also even in our troubles; for we know that trouble works fortitude,

2 Corinthians 6:4but in every way I am striving to commend myself as God’s minister by stedfast endurance, by afflictions, by troubles, by distresses,

Ephesians 3:16praying him to grant you according to the riches of his glory to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in your inmost being;

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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