Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
For this purpose also I
King James Version
Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.
Holman Bible
I labor for this, striving
International Standard Version
I work hard and struggle to do this, using the energy that he powerfully provides in me.
A Conservative Version
For which also I labor, striving according to his working, which works in me with power.
American Standard Version
whereunto I labor also, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.
Amplified
For this I labor [often to the point of exhaustion], striving with His power and energy, which so greatly works within me.
An Understandable Version
This is the reason that I work hard and struggle also, using God's mighty power which is at work in me.
Anderson New Testament
to which end I also labor, striving according to his energy, which works in me mightily.
Bible in Basic English
And for this purpose I am working, using all my strength by the help of his power which is working in me strongly.
Common New Testament
For this end I labor, striving with all his energy, which so mightily works within me.
Daniel Mace New Testament
this is what I earnestly strive to effect, by virtue of that power, which effectually operates in me.
Darby Translation
Whereunto also I toil, combating according to his working, which works in me in power.
Godbey New Testament
unto which I also labor, agonizing according to his energy, working in me with power.
Goodspeed New Testament
That is what I am working for, fighting with all the energy with which he so mightily endows me.
John Wesley New Testament
For which also I labour, striving according to his mighty working, who worketh in me mightily.
Julia Smith Translation
For which also I am wearied, struggling according to his operation, working in me in power.
King James 2000
For which I also labor, striving according to his working, who works in me mightily.
Lexham Expanded Bible
for which [purpose] also I labor, striving according to his working which is at work powerfully in me.
Modern King James verseion
For which I also labor, striving according to the working of Him who works in me in power.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Wherein I also labour and strive, even as far forth as his working worketh in me mightily.
Moffatt New Testament
I labour for that end, striving for it with the divine energy which is a power within me.
Montgomery New Testament
For that end I am ever toiling, wrestling with all that energy of his which is mightily at work within me.
NET Bible
Toward this goal I also labor, struggling according to his power that powerfully works in me.
New Heart English Bible
for which I also labor, striving according to his working, which works in me mightily.
Noyes New Testament
to which end I also am laboring, striving earnestly through his working, which worketh within me mightily.
Sawyer New Testament
for which I also labor, striving with his power which operates in me with power.
The Emphasized Bible
Unto which I am even toiling, contending according to his energy which is energising itself in me with power.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
for which also I am labouring, conflicting in the energy of his might, which worketh in me powerfully.
Twentieth Century New Testament
It is for that I toil, struggling with all the energy which he inspires and which works powerfully within me.
Webster
For which I also labor, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.
Weymouth New Testament
To this end, like an earnest wrestler, I exert all my strength in reliance upon the power of Him who is mightily at work within me.
Williams New Testament
For this I am toiling and struggling by His active energy which is mightily working in me.
World English Bible
for which I also labor, striving according to his working, which works in me mightily.
Worrell New Testament
to which end I am toiling also, striving according to His working, which is working in me with power.
Worsley New Testament
in order to which I also labour, striving earnestly according to his energy which operates in me with power.
Youngs Literal Translation
for which also I labour, striving according to his working that is working in me in power.
Themes
Earnestness » In prayer » In seeking salvation
God, Trinity » Each person in, described as » Author of all spiritual operations
Topics
Interlinear
Devotionals
Devotionals about Colossians 1:29
Devotionals containing Colossians 1:29
References
Hastings
Word Count of 37 Translations in Colossians 1:29
Prayers for Colossians 1:29
Verse Info
Context Readings
Paul's Suffering And Stewardship
28
We preach Christ to everyone. With all possible wisdom we warn and teach them in order to bring each one to God as a mature individual in union with Christ.
29 For this purpose also I
Cross References
1 Corinthians 15:10
By the divine influence of God I am what I am. His grace was not given to me in vain for I labored more than all of them. Yet it was not I. It was the divine influence and favor of God in me.
Ephesians 1:19
and what the exceeding greatness of his power is toward us who believe, according to the operation of his mighty strength.
Colossians 2:1
Let me tell you how hard I worked for you, for the people in Laodicea, and for all others who do not personally know me.
Colossians 4:12
Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ Jesus, greets you, always striving for you in his prayers, that you may stand perfect and fully assured in all the will of God.
Luke 13:24
Strive to go in through the narrow door. Many people will try to go in and will not be able.
Romans 15:20
I have strived to preach the good news, not where Christ was named, lest I should build upon another man's foundation:
Romans 15:30
Now I beg you, brothers, for the Lord Jesus Christ's sake, and for the love of the Spirit, that you strive together with me in your prayers to God for me.
1 Corinthians 9:25-27
Every man taking part in the contest is temperate in all things. They do it to obtain a corruptible crown but we do it to receive an incorruptible crown.
1 Corinthians 12:6
And there are different operations, but it is the same God who works in all.
1 Corinthians 12:11
But in all these the same Spirit works, making a distribution to each one as he (God) wills.
2 Corinthians 5:9
We make it our aim, whether at home or absent, to be pleasing to him.
2 Corinthians 6:5
in beatings, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in watching, in fasting;
2 Corinthians 11:23
Are they ministers of Christ? I speak as a fool. I am more in labors more abundant, beaten beyond number, in prisons more frequent, in deaths often.
2 Corinthians 12:9-10
He told me: My grace is sufficient for you for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore, I would rather glory in my infirmities (frailities), that the power of Christ may rest upon me (cover me like a tent) (descend upon me) (abide with me). (Isaiah 40:29-31)
2 Corinthians 13:3
Since you seek a proof of Christ speaking in me, who is not weak toward you but is mighty in you.
Ephesians 3:7
I was made a minister, according to the gift of God's grace that was given me according to the working of his power.
Ephesians 3:20
Now to him that is able to do far more abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us.
Philippians 1:27
Let your manner of life be worthy of the good news about Christ. Whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of your conduct, that you stand fast in one spirit (common purpose) (mental disposition) (vital principle), with one mind striving together for the faith of the good news.
Philippians 1:30
You have the same conflict that you saw in me, and now hear to be in me.
Philippians 2:13
It is God who works in you both to will and to work, for his good pleasure.
Philippians 2:16
Hold fast to the word of life so I may rejoice in the day of Christ. That way I will not have labored in vain.
1 Thessalonians 2:9
You may remember, brothers, our labor and hardship. We worked day and night that we would not burden any of you when we preached the good news of God to you.
2 Thessalonians 3:8
We did not eat anyone's food without paying for it. Instead, we worked hard and struggled night and day in order not to be a burden to any of you.
2 Timothy 2:10
For this reason I endure all things for the sake of the chosen, so that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus and with it eternal glory.
Hebrews 12:4
You have not yet resisted by shedding blood in your striving against sin.
Hebrews 13:21
make you perfect (mature) in every good thing. May you do his will, working in us that which is well-pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be the glory for ever and ever. Amen.
Revelation 2:3
You have endured and are patient. You suffer for my name's sake and have not grown weary.