Colossians 1:29
It is for that I toil, struggling with all the energy which he inspires and which works powerfully within me.
Twentieth Century 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 15:20yet always with the ambition to tell the Good News where Christ’s name had not previously been heard, so as to avoid building upon another man’s foundations.
1 Corinthians 9:25Every athlete exercises self-restraint in everything; they, indeed, for a crown that fades, we for one that is unfading.
1 Corinthians 12:11All these result from one and the same Spirit, who distributes his gifts to each individually as he wills.
2 Corinthians 5:9Therefore, whether in our home or absent from our home, our one ambition is to please him.
2 Corinthians 11:23Are they ‘Servants of Christ’? Though it is madness to talk like this, I am more so than they! I have had more of toil, more of imprisonment! I have been flogged times without number. I have been often at death’s door.
2 Corinthians 13:3And that will be the proof, which you are looking for, that the Christ speaks through me. There is no weakness in his dealings with you. No, he shows his power 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 →