Colossians 1:11

Prayer For Maturity Based On Christ's Preeminence

¹⁰ so that you may lead lives worthy of the Lord to His full satisfaction, by perennially bearing fruit in every good enterprise and by a steady growth in fuller knowledge of God; ¹¹ then you will be perfectly empowered by His glorious might for every sort of joyous endurance and forbearance, ¹² and you will always be thanking the Father who has qualified you to share the lot of His people in the realm of light.

All Things

Filled with Joy

O God

Ephesians 3:16

and beg Him to grant you, in accordance with the riches of His perfect character, to be mightily strengthened by His Spirit in your inmost being,

Ephesians 4:2

with perfect humility and gentleness, with patience, lovingly bearing with one another,

Romans 5:3-5

And not only that, but this too: let us continue exulting in our sufferings, for we know that suffering produces endurance,

Ephesians 6:10

From now on you must grow stronger through union with the Lord and through His mighty power.

Philippians 4:13

I can do anything through Him who gives me strength.

Romans 2:7

eternal life to those who patiently continue doing good and striving for glory, honor, and immortality,

2 Corinthians 4:7

But I am keeping this jewel in an earthen jar, to prove that its surpassing power is God's, not mine.

2 Corinthians 6:4-6

On the contrary, I am trying in everything to prove to people that I am a true servant of God: by my tremendous endurance in sorrows, distresses, difficulties;

2 Corinthians 12:9-10

but He said to me, "My spiritual strength is sufficient, for it is only by means of conscious weakness that perfect power is developed."

James 5:7-8

So be patient, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer keeps on waiting and waiting for the precious crop from his land; how he keeps up his patience over it until he gets the early and late rains,

2 Peter 1:6

knowledge with self-control, self-control with patient endurance, patient endurance with piety,

Acts 5:41

So they went out from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they had been considered worthy to suffer disgrace for Jesus' name;

1 Thessalonians 3:3-4

so that none of you might be deceived amid these difficulties. For you knew yourselves that this is our appointed lot,

2 Timothy 2:1-3

So you, my son, must keep renewing your strength in the spiritual blessing that comes through union with Christ Jesus.

Hebrews 10:34-38

For you showed sympathy with those who were in prison and cheerfully submitted to the violent seizure of your property, for you knew that you had in yourselves and in heaven one that was lasting.

Hebrews 11:34-38

stopped the force of fire, escaped from dying by the sword, out of weakness found great strength, grew mighty in war, put foreign armies to flight.

Hebrews 12:1-2

Therefore, as we have so vast a crowd of spectators in the grandstands, let us throw off every impediment and the sin that easily entangles our feet, and run with endurance the race for which we are entered,

James 1:2-4

You must consider it the purest joy, my brothers, when you are involved in various trials,

Jude 1:25

to the only God our Saviour, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, might, and authority, as it was before all time, both now and forever and ever. Amen.

Revelation 14:12

In this way is shown the patient endurance of God's people, who always cling to God's commands and their faith in Jesus.

Acts 1:8

but you are going to receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you must be witnesses for me in Jerusalem and all over Judea and Samaria, and to the very ends of the earth."