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Colossians 1:29

Bible in Basic English 1965

And for this purpose I am working, using all my strength by the help of his power which is working in me strongly.

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Do your best to go in by the narrow door, for I say to you, A number will make the attempt to go in, but will not be able to do so.

Making it my purpose not to take the good news where Christ was named, so that my work might not be resting on that of others;

Now I make request to you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ, and by the love of the Spirit, that you will be working together with me in your prayers to God for me;

But all these are the operations of the one and the same Spirit, giving to every man separately as his pleasure is.

And there are different operations, but the same God, who is working all things in all.

But by the grace of God, I am what I am: and his grace which was given to me has not been for nothing; for I did more work than all of them; though not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

Are they servants of Christ? I am talking foolishly I am more so; I have had more experience of hard work, of prisons, of blows more than measure, of death.

Seeing that you are looking for a sign of Christ giving out his word in me; who is not feeble in relation to you, but is strong in you:

For this reason we make it our purpose, in the body or away from it, to be well-pleasing to him.

In blows, in prisons, in attacks, in hard work, in watchings, in going without food;

And how unlimited is his power to us who have faith, as is seen in the working of the strength of his power,

Now to him who is able to do in full measure more than all our desires or thoughts, through the power which is working in us,

Of which I was made a preacher, through that grace of God which was given to me in the measure of the working of his power.

Only let your behaviour do credit to the good news of Christ, so that if I come and see you or if I am away from you, I may have news of you that you are strong in one spirit, working together with one soul for the faith of the good news;

Fighting the same fight which you saw in me, and now have word of in me.

For it is God who is the cause of your desires and of your acts, for his good pleasure.

Offering the word of life; so that I may have glory in you in the day of Christ, because my running was not for nothing and my work was not without effect.

For it is my desire to give you news of the great fight I am making for you and for those at Laodicea, and for all who have not seen my face in the flesh;

Having been put to death with him in baptism, by which you came to life again with him, through faith in the working of God, who made him come back from the dead.

Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ Jesus, sends you his love, ever taking thought for you in his prayers, that you may be complete and fully certain of all the purpose of God.

For you have the memory, my brothers, of our trouble and care; how, working night and day, so that we might not be a trouble to any of you, we gave you the good news of God.

And we did not take food from any man for nothing, but were working hard night and day not to be a trouble to any of you:

But I undergo all things for the saints, so that they may have salvation in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

Till now you have not given your blood in your fight against sin:

Make you full of every good work and ready to do all his desires, working in us whatever is pleasing in his eyes through Jesus Christ; and may the glory be given to him for ever and ever. So be it.

And you have the power of waiting, and have undergone trouble because of my name, without weariness.




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