Colossians 1:29
And for this purpose I am working, using all my strength by the help of his power which is working in me strongly.
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In The King James Version
Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.
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Romans 15:20Making it my purpose not to take the good news where Christ was named, so that my work might not be resting on that of others;
1 Corinthians 9:25And every man who takes part in the sports has self-control in all things. Now they do it to get a crown which is of this world, but we for an eternal crown.
1 Corinthians 12:11But all these are the operations of the one and the same Spirit, giving to every man separately as his pleasure is.
2 Corinthians 5:9For this reason we make it our purpose, in the body or away from it, to be well-pleasing to him.
2 Corinthians 11:23Are they servants of Christ? (I am talking foolishly) I am more so; I have had more experience of hard work, of prisons, of blows more than measure, of death.
2 Corinthians 13:3Seeing that you are looking for a sign of Christ giving out his word in me; who is not feeble in relation to you, but is strong in 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 →