Colossians 1:11 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹¹Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;

Colossians 1:11 —

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Ephesians 3:16
That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;
Philippians 4:13
I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
Ephesians 4:2
With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;
Ephesians 6:10
Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
Romans 5:3-5
And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; …

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 9-11)

The apostle proceeds in these verses to pray for them. He heard that they were good, and he prayed that they might be better. He was constant in this prayer: We do not cease to pray for you. It may be he could hear of them but seldom, but he constantly prayed for them.— And desire that you may be filled with the knowledge, etc. Observe what it is that he begs of God for them, I. That they might be…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 11)

11. Greek, “Being made mighty with (literally, ‘in’) all might.” according to his glorious power--rather, “according to the power (the characteristic of ‘His glory,’ here appropriate to Paul’s argument, Ep 1:19; 6:10; as its exuberant ‘riches,’ in Ep 3:16) of His glory.” His power is inseparable from His glory (Ro 6:4). unto all patience--so as to attain to all patient endurance; persevering, endu…