Colossians 1:29
For that end I am ever toiling, wrestling with all that energy of his which is mightily at work within me.
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.
In Context
Cross References
Romans 15:20My ambition has been, however, to preach the gospel where Christ’s name was not already known, so that I might not build upon another man’s foundation.
1 Corinthians 9:25Every man who contends in the games continually trains himself by all manner of self-restraint. Now they do it to get a fading garland, but we, one that is unfading.
1 Corinthians 12:11But the one and the same Spirit gives power to all, distributing his gifts to each as he wills.
2 Corinthians 5:9And for this reason I also make it home with the Lord.
2 Corinthians 11:23Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as though I were beside myself), such, far, more, am I; in labors more abundant, in imprisonments also more abundant, in floggings beyond measure, in deaths often.
2 Corinthians 13:3Since you want a proof of Christ who is speaking in me, he who is not feeble toward you, but powerful among 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 →