29 To this end I also labor, striving according to His working which works in me (A)mightily.

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29 To this end I strenuously(A) contend(B) with all the energy Christ so powerfully works in me.(C)

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

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Not Philosophy but Christ

For I want you to know what a great (A)conflict[a] I have for you and those in Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh,

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Footnotes

  1. Colossians 2:1 struggle

I want you to know how hard I am contending(A) for you and for those at Laodicea,(B) and for all who have not met me personally.

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For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh;

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But [a]even after we had suffered before and were spitefully treated at (A)Philippi, as you know, we were (B)bold in our God to speak to you the gospel of God in much conflict.

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  1. 1 Thessalonians 2:2 NU, M omit even

We had previously suffered(A) and been treated outrageously in Philippi,(B) as you know, but with the help of our God we dared to tell you his gospel in the face of strong opposition.(C)

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But even after that we had suffered before, and were shamefully entreated, as ye know, at Philippi, we were bold in our God to speak unto you the gospel of God with much contention.

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12 Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, to which you were also called and have confessed the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.

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12 Fight the good fight(A) of the faith. Take hold of(B) the eternal life(C) to which you were called when you made your good confession(D) in the presence of many witnesses.

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12 Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.

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(A)I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.

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I have fought the good fight,(A) I have finished the race,(B) I have kept the faith.

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I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:

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32 But (A)recall the former days in which, after you were [a]illuminated, you endured a great struggle with sufferings:

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  1. Hebrews 10:32 enlightened

32 Remember those earlier days after you had received the light,(A) when you endured in a great conflict full of suffering.(B)

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32 But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were illuminated, ye endured a great fight of afflictions;

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The Race of Faith

12 Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, (A)let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and (B)let us run (C)with endurance the race that is set before us,

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12 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run(A) with perseverance(B) the race marked out for us,

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12 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

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