Colossians 1:29

Paul's Suffering And Stewardship

²⁸ whom we proclaim, [by] admonishing every person and teaching every person with all wisdom, in order that we may present every person mature in Christ, ²⁹ for which [purpose] also I labor, striving according to his working which is at work powerfully in me.

For This Purpose

In Me

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, but I labored even more than all of them, and not I, but the grace of God with me.

Ephesians 1:19

and what [is] the surpassing greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the working of his mighty strength

Colossians 2:1

For I want you to know how great a struggle I have on behalf of you, and those in Laodicea, and all those who have not seen my face {in person},

Colossians 4:12

Epaphras, who is [one] of you, greets you, a slave of Christ always struggling on behalf of you in his prayers, that you may stand mature and fully assured in all the will of God.

Luke 13:24

"Make every effort to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able to,

Romans 15:20

And so, having as my ambition to proclaim the gospel where Christ has not been named, in order that I will not build on the foundation belonging to someone else,

Romans 15:30

Now I exhort you, brothers, through our Lord Jesus Christ and through the love of the Spirit, to contend along with me in your prayers on my behalf to God,

1 Corinthians 9:25-27

And everyone who competes exercises self-control in all [things]. Thus those [do so] in order that they may receive a perishable crown, but we an imperishable [one].

1 Corinthians 12:6

and there are varieties of activities, but the same God, who works all [things] in all [people].

1 Corinthians 12:11

But in all these [things] one and the same Spirit is at work, distributing to each one individually just as he wishes.

2 Corinthians 5:9

Therefore indeed we have as our ambition, whether at home [in the body] or absent [from the body], to be acceptable to him.

2 Corinthians 6:5

in beatings, in prisons, in disturbances, in troubles, in sleepless nights, in going hungry,

2 Corinthians 11:23

Are they servants of Christ?--I am speaking as though I were beside myself--I [am] more so, with far greater labors, with far more imprisonments, with beatings to a much greater degree, in [danger of] death many times.

2 Corinthians 12:9-10

And he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, because the power is perfected in weakness." Therefore rather I will boast most gladly in my weaknesses, in order that the power of Christ may reside in me.

2 Corinthians 13:3

since you are demanding proof that Christ, who [is] not weak toward you, but is powerful among you, is speaking in me.

Ephesians 3:7

of which I became a servant, according to the gift of God's grace given to me, according to the working of his power.

Ephesians 3:20

Now to the one who is able to do beyond all measure more than all that we ask or think, according to the power that is at work in us,

Philippians 1:27

Only lead your lives in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent I hear {your circumstances}, that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one soul contending side by side for the faith of the gospel,

Philippians 1:30

having the same struggle which you saw in me and now hear about in me.

Philippians 2:13

For the one at work in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure, is God.

Philippians 2:16

holding fast to the word of life, for a source of pride to me in the day of Christ, that I did not run in vain or labor in vain.

1 Thessalonians 2:9

For you remember, brothers, our labor and hardship: working by night and day in order not to be a burden to any of you, we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.

2 Thessalonians 3:8

nor did we eat bread from anyone without paying, but with toil and labor, [we were] working night and day in order not to be a burden to any of you,

2 Timothy 2:10

Because of this, I endure all [things] for the sake of the chosen, in order that they also may obtain salvation [which is] in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

Hebrews 12:4

You have not yet resisted to the point of [shedding your] blood [as you] struggle against sin.

Hebrews 13:21

equip you with every good [thing] to do his will, carrying out in us [what is] pleasing before him through Jesus Christ, to whom [be] the glory {forever}. Amen.

Revelation 2:3

And you have patient endurance, and have endured [many things] because of my name, and have not become weary.