Colossians 1:29

New English Translation

Toward this goal I also labor, struggling according to his power that powerfully works in me.

Cross References

Luke 13:24

“Exert every effort to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to.

Romans 15:20

And in this way I desire to preach where Christ has not been named, so as not to build on another person’s foundation,

Romans 15:30

Now I urge you, brothers and sisters, through our Lord Jesus Christ and through the love of the Spirit, to join fervently with me in prayer to God on my behalf.

1 Corinthians 12:11

It is one and the same Spirit, distributing as he decides to each person, who produces all these things.

1 Corinthians 12:6

And there are different results, but the same God who produces all of them in everyone.

1 Corinthians 15:10

But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me has not been in vain. In fact, I worked harder than all of them – yet not I, but the grace of God with me.

2 Corinthians 11:23

Are they servants of Christ? (I am talking like I am out of my mind!) I am even more so: with much greater labors, with far more imprisonments, with more severe beatings, facing death many times.

2 Corinthians 13:3

since you are demanding proof that Christ is speaking through me. He is not weak toward you but is powerful among you.

2 Corinthians 5:9

So then whether we are alive or away, we make it our ambition to please him.

2 Corinthians 6:5

in beatings, in imprisonments, in riots, in troubles, in sleepless nights, in hunger,

Ephesians 1:19

and what is the incomparable greatness of his power toward us who believe, as displayed in the exercise of his immense strength.

Ephesians 3:20

Now to him who by the power that is working within us is able to do far beyond all that we ask or think,

Ephesians 3:7

I became a servant of this gospel according to the gift of God’s grace that was given to me by the exercise of his power.

Philippians 1:27

Only conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ so that – whether I come and see you or whether I remain absent – I should hear that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind, by contending side by side for the faith of the gospel,

Philippians 1:30

since you are encountering the same conflict that you saw me face and now hear that I am facing.

Philippians 2:13

for the one bringing forth in you both the desire and the effort – for the sake of his good pleasure – is God.

Philippians 2:16

by holding on to the word of life so that on the day of Christ I will have a reason to boast that I did not run in vain nor labor in vain.

Colossians 2:1

For I want you to know how great a struggle I have for you, and for those in Laodicea, and for those who have not met me face to face.

Colossians 2:12

Having been buried with him in baptism, you also have been raised with him through your faith in the power of God who raised him from the dead.

Colossians 4:12

Epaphras, who is one of you and a slave of Christ, greets you. He is always struggling in prayer on your behalf, so that you may stand mature and fully assured in all the will of God.

1 Thessalonians 2:9

For you recall, brothers and sisters, our toil and drudgery: By working night and day so as not to impose a burden on any of you, we preached to you the gospel of God.

2 Thessalonians 3:8

and we did not eat anyone’s food without paying. Instead, in toil and drudgery we worked night and day in order not to burden any of you.

2 Timothy 2:10

So I endure all things for the sake of those chosen by God, that they too may obtain salvation in Christ Jesus and its eternal glory.

Hebrews 12:4

You have not yet resisted to the point of bloodshed in your struggle against sin.

Hebrews 13:21

equip you with every good thing to do his will, working in us what is pleasing before him through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever. Amen.

Revelation 2:3

I am also aware that you have persisted steadfastly, endured much for the sake of my name, and have not grown weary.