Parallel Verses
Montgomery New Testament
For that end I am ever toiling, wrestling with all that energy of his which is mightily at work within me.
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.
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
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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 Him I am ever proclaiming, warning every one and teaching every one, in all wisdom; that I may bring every man into his presence, full grown in Christ. 29 For that end I am ever toiling, wrestling with all that energy of his which is mightily at work within me.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 15:10
But by the grace of God I am what I am, and that grace of his, bestowed upon me, did not prove ineffectual. I labored more abundantly than all the rest, yet not I, but by the grace of God that is with me.
Ephesians 1:19
and what the surpassing greatness of his might in us who believe, as seen in the energy of that resistless might
Colossians 2:1
For I would have you know how great a contest I am waging for you and the brethren in Laodicea, and for all who have never seen my face.
Colossians 4:12
Epaphras, one of yourselves, salutes you, a slave of Christ who is always agonizing for you in his prayers, that you may stand firm, mature, and fully assured in all the will of God.
Luke 13:24
"Struggle to enter in by the narrow door," he answered, "for I tell you that many will try to enter and not be able,
Romans 15:20
My ambition has been, however, to preach the gospel where Christ's name was not already known, so that I might not build upon another man's foundation.
Romans 15:30
Brothers, I beseech you, by Jesus Christ our Lord, and by the love which the Spirit gives, to help me in my struggle by your prayers to God on my behalf,
1 Corinthians 9:25-27
Every man who contends in the games continually trains himself by all manner of self-restraint. Now they do it to get a fading garland, but we, one that is unfading.
1 Corinthians 12:6
and varieties of work, and the same God, who works in all.
1 Corinthians 12:11
But the one and the same Spirit gives power to all, distributing his gifts to each as he wills.
2 Corinthians 5:9
And for this reason I also make it home with the Lord.
2 Corinthians 6:5
by floggings, by imprisonment; in riots, in labors, in sleepless watching, in hunger and thirst;
2 Corinthians 11:23
Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as though I were beside myself), such, far, more, am I; in labors more abundant, in imprisonments also more abundant, in floggings beyond measure, in deaths often.
2 Corinthians 12:9-10
but he has answered me. "My grace is sufficient for you; it is in weakness that my power is perfected."
2 Corinthians 13:3
Since you want a proof of Christ who is speaking in me, he who is not feeble toward you, but powerful among you.
Ephesians 3:7
It is of this gospel I became a minister according to the gift of the power of the grace of God, bestowed on me by the energy of his power.
Ephesians 3:20
Now unto him who, according to his might that is at work within us, is able to do infinitely more than all we ask or even think,
Philippians 1:27
Only do lead lives worthy of the gospel of Christ; so that whether I come to see you or hear reports concerning you in my absence, I may know that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one soul, enlisted in a common struggle for the faith of the gospel,
Philippians 1:30
while you wage the same conflict which you once saw in me, and now hear that I maintain.
Philippians 2:13
for it is God who, in his good-will is ever working in you both will and deed.
Philippians 2:16
holding out a message of life. Thus it will be my boast at the day of Christ that I have not run in vain, or toiled for nothing.
1 Thessalonians 2:9
You recall, brothers, my labor and toil; how, while working at my trade day and night, so as not to become a burden to any of you, I proclaimed to you the gospel of God.
2 Thessalonians 3:8
I did not eat my food as a gift from any man, but in toil and travail, night and day, I worked, so that I might not be a burden to any of you.
2 Timothy 2:10
But God's message is no prisoner. That is why I endure everything for the sake of the chosen, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
Hebrews 12:4
Not yet have you resisted unto blood in your fight against sin;
Hebrews 13:21
equip you in every good deed for the doing of his will, doing in you what is well-pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ. To him be the glory unto the ages of the ages! Amen!
Revelation 2:3
You are holding fast, and have borne up for my name's sake, and have not grown weary.