New American Standard Bible 1995
Colossians 1:29
29For this purpose also I 1labor, 2striving 3according to His 4power, which 5mightily works within me.
Colossians 1:29 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.
- New International Version (NIV)To this end I strenuously contend with all the energy Christ so powerfully works in me.
- English Standard Version (ESV)For this I toil, struggling with all his energy that he powerfully works within me.
- New King James Version (NKJV)To this end I also labor, striving according to His working which works in me mightily.
Context of Colossians 1:29
27to whom God willed to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. 28We proclaim Him, admonishing every man and teaching every man with all wisdom, so that we may present every man complete in Christ. For this purpose also I labor, striving according to His power, which mightily works within me.
Read all of Colossians 1Colossians 1:29 word by word
εἰς ὃ καὶ κοπιῶ ἀγωνιζόμενος κατὰ τὴν ἐνέργειαν αὐτοῦ τὴν ἐνεργουμένην ἐν ἐμοὶ ἐν δυνάμει.¶Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Colossians 1:29
- Colossians 4:12Epaphras, who is one of your number, a bondslave of Jesus Christ, sends you his greetings, always laboring earnestly for you in his prayers, that you may stand perfect and fully assured in all the will of God.
- 1 Corinthians 15:10But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me did not prove vain; but I labored even more than all of them, yet not I, but the grace of God with me.
- 2 Corinthians 5:9Therefore we also have as our ambition, whether at home or absent, to be pleasing to Him.
- 2 Corinthians 6:5in beatings, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in sleeplessness, in hunger,
- 2 Corinthians 11:23Are they servants of Christ?--I speak as if insane--I more so; in far more labors, in far more imprisonments, beaten times without number, often in danger of death.
- Philippians 2:16holding fast the word of life, so that in the day of Christ I will have reason to glory because I did not run in vain nor toil in vain.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:9For you recall, brethren, our labor and hardship, how working night and day so as not to be a burden to any of you, we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.
- 2 Thessalonians 3:8nor did we eat anyone’s bread without paying for it, but with labor and hardship we kept working 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 those who are chosen, so that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus and with it eternal glory.
- Revelation 2:3and you have perseverance and have endured for My name’s sake, and have not grown weary.
- Colossians 2:1For I want you to know how great a struggle I have on your behalf and for those who are at Laodicea, and for all those who have not personally seen my face,
- Luke 13:24“Strive to enter through the narrow door; for many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able.
- Romans 15:20And thus I aspired to preach the gospel, not where Christ was already named, so that I would not build on another man’s foundation;
- 1 Corinthians 9:25Everyone who competes in the games exercises self-control in all things. They then do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable.
- Philippians 1:27Only conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or remain absent, I will hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;
- Hebrews 12:4You have not yet resisted to the point of shedding blood in your striving against sin;
Commentaries on Colossians 1:29
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 29Whereunto I also labor - In order to accomplish this end, I labor with the utmost zeal and earnestness; and with all that strength with which God has most powerfully furnished me. Whoever considers the original words, - , will find that no verbal translation can convey their sense. God worked energetically in St. Paul, and he wrought energetically with God; and all this was in reference to the salvation of mankind. The preceding chapter contains the…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 29Whereunto I also labour - See the notes at 1 Corinthians 15:10. Striving - Greek agonizing. He taxed all his energies to accomplish this, as the wrestlers strove for the mastery in the Grecian games. According to his working - Not by my own strength, but by the power which God alone can give; see the notes at 1 Corinthians 15:10. Remarks On Colossians 1:2-8. It should be to us a subject of unfeigned gratitude to God; when others are faithful to their high…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 24-29Verses 24-29 Both the sufferings of the Head and of the members are called the sufferings of Christ, and make up, as it were, one body of sufferings. But He suffered for the redemption of the church; we suffer on other accounts; for we do but slightly taste that cup of afflictions of which Christ first drank deeply. A Christian may be said to fill up that which remains of the sufferings of Christ, when he takes up his cross, and after the pattern of…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 24-29Paul considers his own role in the widespread preaching of the good news about Jesus (1:23).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2929. Whereunto--namely, "to present every man perfect in Christ." I also labour--rather, "I labor also." I not only "proclaim" (English Version, "preach") Christ, but I labor also. striving--in "conflict" (Col 2:1) of spirit (compare Ro 8:26). The same Greek word is used of Epaphras (Col 4:12), "laboring fervently for you in prayers": literally, "agonizing," "striving as in the agony of a contest." So Jesus in Gethsemane when praying (Lu 22:44): so…Read the comment
Topics related to Colossians 1:29
In the dictionaries
Notes
Commentaries on Colossians 1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
New American Standard Bible 1995 — © 1960–1995 The Lockman Foundation. All rights reserved.
Commentaries