Colossians 1:29
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“To this end I also labor, striving with all His energy working powerfully within me.”
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“To this end I also labor, striving with all His energy working powerfully within me.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.”
King James Version · Public Domain“whereunto I labor also, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“for which also I labour, striving according to his working that is working in me in power.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Colossians 1:29 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Luke 13:24“Make every effort to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able.
- Romans 15:20In this way I have aspired to preach the gospel where Christ was not known, so that I would not be building on someone else’s foundation.
- Romans 15:30Now I urge you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to join me in my struggle by praying to God for me.
- 1 Corinthians 9:25Everyone who competes in the games trains with strict discipline. They do it for a crown that is perishable, but we do it for a crown that is imperishable.
- 1 Corinthians 12:6There are different ways of working, but the same God works all things in all people.
- 1 Corinthians 12:11All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, who apportions them to each one as He determines.
- 1 Corinthians 15:10But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace to me was not in vain. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.
- 2 Corinthians 5:9So we aspire to please Him, whether we are here in this body or away from it.
- 2 Corinthians 6:5in beatings, imprisonments, and riots; in labor, sleepless nights, and hunger;
- 2 Corinthians 11:23Are they servants of Christ? I am speaking like I am out of my mind, but I am so much more: in harder labor, in more imprisonments, in worse beatings, in frequent danger of death.
- 2 Corinthians 12:9But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me.
- 2 Corinthians 13:3since you are demanding proof that Christ is speaking through me. He is not weak in dealing with you, but is powerful among you.
- Ephesians 1:19and the surpassing greatness of His power to us who believe. These are in accordance with the working of His mighty strength,
- Ephesians 3:7I became a servant of this gospel by the gift of God’s grace, given me through the working of His power.
- Ephesians 3:20Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us,
- Philippians 1:27Nevertheless, conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ. Then, whether I come and see you or only hear about you in my absence, I will know that you stand firm in one spirit, contending side by side for the faith of the gospel,
- Philippians 1:30since you are encountering the same struggle you saw I had, and now hear that I still have.
- Philippians 2:13For it is God who works in you to will and to act on behalf of His good purpose.
- Philippians 2:16as you hold forth the word of life, in order that I may boast on the day of Christ that I did not run or labor in vain.
- Colossians 2:1For I want you to know how much I am struggling for you and for those at Laodicea, and for all who have not met me face to face,
- Colossians 4:12Epaphras, who is one of you and a servant of Christ Jesus, sends you greetings. He is always wrestling in prayer for you, so that you may stand mature and fully assured in the full will of God.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:9Surely you recall, brothers, our labor and toil. We worked night and day so that we would not be a burden to anyone while we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.
- 2 Thessalonians 3:8nor did we eat anyone’s food without paying for it. Instead, in labor and toil, we worked night and day so that we would not be a burden to any of you.
- 2 Timothy 2:10For this reason I endure all things for the sake of the elect, so that they too may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory.
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