Colossians 1:29
Colossians 1:26-29 The Message (MSG)
This mystery has been kept in the dark for a long time, but now it’s out in the open. God wanted everyone, not just Jews, to know this rich and glorious secret inside and out, regardless of their background, regardless of their religious standing. The mystery in a nutshell is just this: Christ is in you, so therefore you can look forward to sharing in God’s glory. It’s that simple. That is the substance of our Message. We preach Christ, warning people not to add to the Message. We teach in a spirit of profound common sense so that we can bring each person to maturity. To be mature is to be basic. Christ! No more, no less. That’s what I’m working so hard at day after day, year after year, doing my best with the energy God so generously gives me.
Colossians 1:29 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
For this purpose also I labor, striving according to His power, which mightily works within me.
Colossians 1:29 New King James Version (NKJV)
To this end I also labor, striving according to His working which works in me mightily.
Colossians 1:29 Amplified Bible (AMP)
For this I labor [often to the point of exhaustion], striving with His power and energy, which so greatly works within me.
Colossians 1:29 King James Version (KJV)
whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.
Colossians 1:29 New Century Version (NCV)
To do this, I work and struggle, using Christ’s great strength that works so powerfully in me.
Colossians 1:29 American Standard Version (ASV)
whereunto I labor also, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.
Colossians 1:29 New International Version (NIV)
To this end I strenuously contend with all the energy Christ so powerfully works in me.
Colossians 1:29 New Living Translation (NLT)
That’s why I work and struggle so hard, depending on Christ’s mighty power that works within me.
Colossians 1:28-29 The Passion Translation (TPT)
Christ is our message! We preach to awaken hearts and bring every person into the full understanding of truth. It has become my inspiration and passion in ministry to labor with a tireless intensity, with his power flowing through me, to present to every believer the revelation of being his perfect one in Jesus Christ.