Colossians 1:11 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Colossians 1:11 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Strengthened with all might - This was also an object of Paul’s earnest prayer. He desired that they might be strengthened for the performance of duty; to meet temptations; and to bear up under t...
Colossians 1:11 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(3) Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with (g) joyfulness; (3) The gift of continuance is not from us, but it proceeds from the power...
Colossians 1:11 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

A Paragraph of Prayer. Paul reciprocates their prayers for him. He constantly offers petition on their behalf since first he heard of them. He desires for them ( a) fulness of knowledge to discern...
Colossians 1:11 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Strengthened . Greek. dunamoo. Only here. Compare App-172. with. App-104. might . App-172. according to. App-104., His glorious power, Literally the might (App-172.) of His glory. See...
Colossians 1:11 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

11. Strengthened with all might. As he has previously prayed that they might have both a sound understanding and the right use of it, so also now he prays that they may have courage and cons...
Colossians 1:11 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 2167 PRAYER FOR GROWTH IN GRACE Colossians 1:9-13 . We do not cease to pray for you that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; t...
Colossians 1:11 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness; Strengthened with all might - That they might be able to walk worthy of the Lord, br...
Colossians 1:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness; х En ( G1722 ) pasee ( G3956 ) dunamei ( G1411 ) dunamoumeno...
Colossians 1:11 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Supremacy and All-Sufficiency of Christ 1-8. Salutation to the Colossian Christians, and thanksgiving for the news of their spiritual state. Paraphrase. '(1, 2) Paul and Timothy salute the...
Colossians 1:11 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(9-12) From thanksgiving St. Paul passes, as always, to pray for them. The prayer is for their full and perfect knowledge of God’s will; but this is emphatically connected with practical “walking” in...
Colossians 1:11 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 1 THE PRAYER Colossians 1:9-12 (R.V.) WE have here to deal with one of Paul's prayers for his brethren. In some respects these are the very topmost pinnacles of his letters. Nowhere el...
Colossians 1:11 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Our Wondrous Privileges in Christ Colossians 1:9-20 Here is a paragraph which may fitly form part of our daily intercession for ourselves and others. We all need a quicker insight into God's wi...
Colossians 1:11 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This letter is correlative to the Ephesians, and shows the glory of the Head of the Church as at her disposal. After expressing his thankfulness for the faith, love, and hope of the saints, Paul tell...
Colossians 1:11 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(9) For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; (1...
Colossians 1:11 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

A THREEFOLD APPEAL ‘That ye might walk worthy or the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God.’ Colossians 1:10 St. Paul is speaking...
Colossians 1:11 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Strengthened with all might ,.... This is still a continuation of the apostle's prayer for these believers; for having prayed for an increase of spiritual knowledge, and that this might be put into...
Colossians 1:11 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness; Ver. 11. And longsuffering with joyfulness ] The joy of the Lord is the strength...
Colossians 1:11 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

For this cause The report of your faith and love; we do not cease to pray for you We fail not to remember you in all our prayers. This was mentioned in general, Colossians 1:3 , but now more par...
Colossians 1:11 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THE SALUTATION (vs.1-2) Paul writes with apostolic authority and by the will of God, so that total subjection to what he writes is rightly called for on the part of believers. Yet he adds, "and T...
Colossians 1:11 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Paul's Prayer for the Colossians. A. D. 62. 9 For this cause we also, since the day we heard...
Colossians 1:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power: whereunto that they might be enabled, it was needful to pray for a power from above, for the best Christians here below are but infirm...
Colossians 1:11 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Paul's Prayer that They Might Have Understanding, and Strength ( Colossians 1:9-14 ). Once Paul had learned of their response to Christ he and his fellow-workers had begun to pray for them constan...
Colossians 1:11 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES Colossians 1:9 . Do not cease to pray for you, and to desire. —R.V. “pray and make request.” The general notion comes first, then the particulars; so in Mark 11:2...
Colossians 1:11 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Colossians 1:1-2 . Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother, to the saints and faithful brethren in Christ which are at Colosse: Grace be unto you, and peace,...
Colossians 1:11 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Colossians 1:1 . Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ. This is noticed in 1 Corinthians 1:3 ; 2 Corinthians 1:2 . He generally opens his addresses to the churches much in the same form of benedictio...
Colossians 1:11 - The Biblical Illustrator

To pray for you and desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge. The prayer I. The fountain or root of all Christian character. “That ye might be filled … understanding.” 1. The thing...
Colossians 1:11 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Colossians 1:1-51 SECTION I. INTRODUCTION . The Epistle commences, in St. Paul's manner, with a salutation ( Colossians 1:1 , Colossians 1:2 ), followed by thanksgiving...
Colossians 1:11 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The apostle's intercession for the Colossian Christians:
Colossians 1:11 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Thessalonians 3:3 ; 1 Thessalonians 3:4 ; 2 Corinthians 12:10 ; 2 Corinthians 12:9 ; 2 Corinthians 4:7 ; 2 Corinthians 6:4-6 ; 2 Peter 1:6 ; 2 Timothy 2:1-3 ; Acts 1:8 ; Acts 5:41 ; Ephe...
Colossians 1:11 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Visions of God's Purposes in Christ Colossians 1:1-16 INTRODUCTORY WORDS As an introduction to our study in the Pauline Epistle to the Colossians, we thought it would be worth the while to obs...
Colossians 1:11 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Strengthened unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness — This is the highest point: not only to know, to do, to suffer, the whole will of God; but to suffer it to the end, not barely with...

Colossians 1:11 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Colossians 1:11 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Colossians 1:11 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Colossians 1:11 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Colossians 1:11 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Colossians 1:11 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Colossians 1:11 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Colossians 1:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Colossians 1:11 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Colossians 1:11 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Colossians 1:11 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Colossians 1:11 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Colossians 1:11 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Colossians 1:11 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Colossians 1:11 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Colossians 1:11 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Colossians 1:11 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Colossians 1:11 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Colossians 1:11 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Colossians 1:11 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Colossians 1:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Colossians 1:11 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Colossians 1:11 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Colossians 1:11 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Colossians 1:11 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Colossians 1:11 - The Biblical Illustrator

Colossians 1:11 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Colossians 1:11 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Colossians 1:11 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Colossians 1:11 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Colossians 1:11 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes