for which also I labour, striving according to his working that is working in me in power.

buried with him in baptism, in which ye have been also raised with him through faith of the working of God who raised him from among the dead.

for you know that it is from him that you are to receive that inheritance which is to be your reward. Think of Christ as the master you are working for.

Whatsoever ye may be doing, from the soul, be working at it, as unto the Lord, and not unto men,-

For I testify to him that {he is working hard} on behalf of you and those in Laodicea and those in Hierapolis.