Colossians 1:29 BSB

Colossians 1:29

To this end I also labor, striving with all His energy working powerfully within me.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

whereunto I labor also, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.

KJV

Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.

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Commentary

2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Whereunto I also labour - See the notes at 1Co 15:10. Striving - Greek agonizing. He taxed all his energies to accomplish this, as the wrestlers strove for the mastery in the Grecian games. According to his working - Not by my own strength, but by the power which God alone can give; see the notes at 1Co 15:10. Remarks On Colossians 1 Among the truths of practical importance taught by this chapter are the following: 1. We should rejoice in the piety of others; Col 1:2-

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

The same Greek word is used of Epaphras (Col 4:12), "laboring fervently for you in prayers": literally, "agonizing," "striving as in the agony of a contest." So Jesus in Gethsemane when praying (Lu 22:44): so "strive" (the same Greek word, "agonize"), Lu 13:24. So Jacob "wrestled" in prayer (Ge 32:24-29).

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
εἰς	eis	Unto	G1519 →
ὃ	ho	this	G3739 →
καὶ	kai	also	G2532 →
κοπιῶ	kopiō	I toil	G2872 →
ἀγωνιζόμενος	agōnizomenos	striving	G75 →
κατὰ	kata	according to	G2596 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
ἐνέργειαν	energeian	energy	G1753 →
αὐτοῦ	autou	of Him	G846 →
τὴν	tēn	who	G3588 →
ἐνεργουμένην	energoumenēn	is working	G1754 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
ἐμοὶ	emoi	me myself	G1473 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
δυνάμει.¶	dunamei	power.	G1411 →

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Philippians 2:13
For it is God who works in you to will and to act on behalf of His good purpose.
leads to
- Hebrews 13:21
  equip you with every good thing to do His will. And may He accomplish in us what is pleasing in His sight through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 2 Corinthians 3:5
  Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim that anything comes from us, but our competence comes from God.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 2 Timothy 1:9
  He has saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works, but by His own purpose and by the grace He granted us in Christ Jesus before time began.
- Romans 9:16
  So then, it does not depend on man’s desire or effort, but on God’s mercy.
- 1 Corinthians 15:10
  But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace to me was not in vain. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of…
Through
Ephesians 1:19
and the surpassing greatness of His power to us who believe. These are in accordance with the working of His mighty strength,
leads to
- Philippians 2:13
  For it is God who works in you to will and to act on behalf of His good purpose.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Ephesians 3:20
  Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us,
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
1 Corinthians 15:10
But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace to me was not in vain. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of…
leads to
- Philippians 4:13
  I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.