Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
For which I also labor, striving according to the working of Him who works in me in power.
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 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
Images Colossians 1:29
Prayers for Colossians 1:29
Verse Info
Context Readings
Paul's Suffering And Stewardship
28 whom we preach, warning every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, so that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus. 29 For which I also labor, striving according to the working of Him who works in me in power.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 15:10
But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace which was toward me has not been without fruit, but I labored more abundantly than all of them; yet not I, but the grace of God with me.
Ephesians 1:19
and what is the surpassing greatness of His power toward us, the ones believing according to the working of His mighty strength
Colossians 2:1
For I want you to know what a great conflict I have for you and those at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh,
Colossians 4:12
Epaphras greets you, he being of you, a servant of Christ, always laboring fervently for you in prayers, that you may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.
Luke 13:24
Strive to enter in at the narrow gate. For I say to you, many will seek to enter in and shall not be able.
Romans 15:20
Yea, so I have been eager to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should build on another man's foundation;
Romans 15:30
But I exhort you, brothers, for the sake of the Lord Jesus Christ 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
And everyone who strives for the mastery is temperate in all things. Then those truly that they may receive a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible.
1 Corinthians 12:6
And there are differences of workings, but it is the same God working all things in all.
1 Corinthians 12:11
But the one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing separately to each one as He desires.
2 Corinthians 5:9
Therefore we are also laboring to be well-pleasing to Him, whether at home or away from home.
2 Corinthians 6:5
in stripes, in imprisonments, in riots, in labors, in watchings, in fastings;
2 Corinthians 11:23
Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as beside myself,) I am more! I have been in labors more abundantly, in stripes above measure, in prisons more, in deaths many times.
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 I will rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may overshadow me.
2 Corinthians 13:3
Since you seek a proof of Christ speaking in me (who is not weak toward you, but is powerful in you;
Ephesians 3:7
Of this gospel I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given to me by the effectual working of His power.
Ephesians 3:20
Now to Him who is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,
Philippians 1:27
Only let your conduct be as becomes the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you, or else am absent, I may hear of your affairs, that you stand fast in one spirit, striving together with one mind for the faith of the gospel,
Philippians 1:30
having the same conflict which you saw in me, and now hear to be in me.
Philippians 2:13
For it is God who works in you both to will and to do of His good pleasure.
Philippians 2:16
holding forth the Word of Life, so that I may rejoice with you in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain nor labored in vain.
1 Thessalonians 2:9
For, brothers, you remember our labor and toil. For laboring night and day in order not to put a burden on any one of you, we preached the gospel of God to you.
2 Thessalonians 3:8
neither did we eat any man's bread freely, but we worked with labor and travail night and day, so that we might not be heavy on any of you
2 Timothy 2:10
Therefore I endure all things for the sake of the elect, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
Hebrews 12:4
You have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.
Hebrews 13:21
make you perfect in every good work to do His will, working in you that which is well pleasing in His sight through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
Revelation 2:3
And you have borne, and have patience, and for My name's sake you have labored and have not fainted.