Colossians 1:29

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 would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory: 28Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus: Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.

Colossians 1:29 word by word

εἰς ὃ καὶ κοπιῶ ἀγωνιζόμενος κατὰ τὴν ἐνέργειαν αὐτοῦ τὴν ἐνεργουμένην ἐν ἐμοὶ ἐν δυνάμει.¶Read the interlinear

• ·ἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• ·ὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Whereuntoεἰςeis · towardG1519
• Iκοπιάωkopiaō · to laborG2872
• alsoκαίkai · andG2532
• strivingἀγωνίζομαιagōnizomai · to struggleG75
• according toκατάkata · according toG2596
• hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• workingἐνέργειαenergeia · active energyG1753
• which workethἐνεργέωenergeō · be activeG1754
• meἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• mightilyδύναμιςdunamis · powerG1411

Cross-references for Colossians 1:29

• Colossians 4:12Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth you, always labouring fervently for you in prayers, that ye may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.
• 1 Corinthians 15:10But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
• 2 Corinthians 5:9Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him.
• 2 Corinthians 6:5In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings;
• 2 Corinthians 11:23Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft.
• Philippians 2:16Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.
• 1 Thessalonians 2:9For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail: for labouring night and day, because we would not be chargeable unto any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.
• 2 Thessalonians 3:8Neither did we eat any man’s bread for nought; but wrought with labour and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you:
• 2 Timothy 2:10Therefore I endure all things for the elect’s sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
• Revelation 2:3And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name’s sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted.
• Colossians 2:1For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh;
• Luke 13:24Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
• Romans 15:20Yea, so have I strived to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should build upon another man’s foundation:
• 1 Corinthians 9:25And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.
• Philippians 1:27Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;
• Hebrews 12:4Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, 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

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• Gospel
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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