Colossians 1:29

World English Bible (2000)

for which I also labor, striving according to his working, which works in me mightily.

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  • 1 Cor 15:10 : 10 But by the grace of God I am what I am. His grace which was bestowed on me was not futile, but I worked more than all of them; yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
  • Col 2:1 : 1 For I desire to have you know how greatly I struggle for you, and for those at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh;
  • Eph 1:19 : 19 and what is the exceeding greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to that working of the strength of his might
  • Col 4:12 : 12 Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, salutes you, always striving for you in his prayers, that you may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.
  • 1 Cor 9:25-27 : 25 Every man who strives in the games exercises self-control in all things. Now they do it to receive a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible. 26 I therefore run like that, as not uncertainly. I fight like that, as not beating the air, 27 but I beat my body and bring it into submission, lest by any means, after I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected.
  • Eph 3:7 : 7 of which I was made a servant, according to the gift of that grace of God which was given me according to the working of his power.
  • Eph 3:20 : 20 Now to him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,
  • Phil 1:27 : 27 Only let your way of life be worthy of the Good News of Christ, that, whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of your state, that you stand firm in one spirit, with one soul striving for the faith of the Good News;
  • Phil 1:30 : 30 having the same conflict which you saw in me, and now hear is in me.
  • Phil 2:13 : 13 For it is God who works in you both to will and to work, for his good pleasure.
  • Phil 2:16 : 16 holding up the word of life; that I may have something to boast in the day of Christ, that I didn't run in vain nor labor in vain.
  • 1 Cor 12:6 : 6 There are various kinds of workings, but the same God, who works all things in all.
  • 1 Cor 12:11 : 11 But the one and the same Spirit works all of these, distributing to each one separately as he desires.
  • Luke 13:24 : 24 "Strive to enter in by the narrow door, for many, I tell you, will seek to enter in, and will not be able.
  • Rom 15:20 : 20 yes, making it my aim to preach the Good News, not where Christ was already named, that I might not build on another's foundation.
  • Rom 15:30 : 30 Now I beg you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ, and by the love of the Spirit, that you strive together with me in your prayers to God for me,
  • 2 Cor 5:9 : 9 Therefore also we make it our aim, whether at home or absent, to be well pleasing to him.
  • 2 Cor 6:5 : 5 in beatings, in imprisonments, in riots, in labors, in watchings, in fastings;
  • 2 Cor 11:23 : 23 Are they servants of Christ? (I speak as one beside himself) I am more so; in labors more abundantly, in prisons more abundantly, in stripes above measure, in deaths often.
  • 2 Cor 12:9-9 : 9 He has 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 rest on me. 10 Therefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in injuries, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ's sake. For when I am weak, then am I strong.
  • 2 Cor 13:3 : 3 seeing that you seek a proof of Christ who speaks in me; who toward you is not weak, but is powerful in you.
  • 1 Thess 2:9 : 9 For you remember, brothers, our labor and travail; for working night and day, that we might not burden any of you, we preached to you the Good News of God.
  • 2 Thess 3:8 : 8 neither did we eat bread from anyone's hand without paying for it, but in labor and travail worked night and day, that we might not burden any of you;
  • 2 Tim 2:10 : 10 Therefore I endure all things for the chosen ones' sake, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
  • Heb 12:4 : 4 You have not yet resisted to blood, striving against sin;
  • Heb 13:21 : 21 make you complete 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 the glory forever and ever. Amen.
  • Rev 2:3 : 3 You have perseverance and have endured for my name's sake, and have not grown weary.

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