Colossians 1:29

Paul's Suffering And Stewardship

²⁸ whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus: ²⁹ to which end I also labor, striving according to his energy, which works in me mightily.

For This Purpose

In Me

1 Corinthians 15:10

But, by the grace of God, I am what I am; and his grace, which was bestowed on me, has not been bestowed in vain: but I have labored more abundantly than they all; not I, how ever, but the grace of God which was with me.

Ephesians 1:19

and what is the exceeding greatness of his power to ward us who believe in accordance with the energy of his mighty power,

Colossians 2:1

For I wish you to know how great a conflict I have for you, and for those in Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh;

Colossians 4:12

Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, salutes you; he always strives earnestly for you in his prayers, that you may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.

Luke 13:24

Strive to enter in through the strait gate; for many, I say to you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.

Romans 15:20

so earnestly desirous have I been to preach the gospel, not where Christ had been named, lest I should build on another man's foundation;

Romans 15:30

Now I beseech you, brethren, by our Lord Jesus Christ, and by the love of the Spirit, that you strive together with me, in your prayers to God for me,

1 Corinthians 9:25-27

Every combatant in the public games is temperate in all things: they, indeed, that they may obtain a corruptible, but we, that we may obtain an incorruptible crown.

1 Corinthians 12:6

and there are diversities of operations, but the same God, who makes them all effectual in all.

1 Corinthians 12:11

But all these, the one and the same Spirit makes effectual, distributing to each, respectively, as he wills.

2 Corinthians 5:9

For this reason we also endeavor, whether we remain in the body or depart from it, to be acceptable to him.

2 Corinthians 6:5

in stripes, in prisons,, in commotions, in labors, in watchings, in fastings;

2 Corinthians 11:23

Are they ministers of Christ? (I say it foolishly,) I am above them. In labors more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths often.

2 Corinthians 12:9-10

and he said to me: My grace is sufficient for you; for my power is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly, therefore, will I boast in my infirmities, that the power of the Christ may abide upon me.

2 Corinthians 13:3

since you seek a proof of Christ's speaking in me, who toward you is not weak, but who is mighty in you:

Ephesians 3:7

of which I was made a minister according to the gift of the grace of God which was given to me, in proportion to the energy of his power:

Ephesians 3:20

Now to him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think according to his power which works in us,

Philippians 1:27

Only conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of the Christ, that, whether I come and see you, or be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that you stand fast in one spirit, with one soul striving together for the faith of the gospel,

Philippians 1:30

since you have the same conflict that you saw in me, and now hear to be in me.

Philippians 2:13

for it is God, who, of his good pleasure, works in you both the will and the power to perform.

Philippians 2:16

holding forth the word of life, that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I did not run in vain, nor labor in vain.

1 Thessalonians 2:9

For you remember, brethren, our labor and toil; for, laboring night and day, that we might not be burdensome to any one of you, we preached to you the gospel of God.

2 Thessalonians 3:8

nor did we eat any one's bread for nothing: but worked with labor and toil, night and day, that we might not burden any one of you;

2 Timothy 2:10

For this reason I endure all things for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory.

Hebrews 12:4

You have not yet resisted to blood, in your contest with sin;

Hebrews 13:21

perfect you in every good work, in order that you may do his will, working in you that which is acceptable in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory from age to age. Amen.

Revelation 2:3

and that you have patience, and have endured for my name's sake, and have not fainted.