That’s why I work and struggle so hard, depending on Christ’s mighty power that works within me.

我也为此劳苦，照着他在我里面运用的大能尽心竭力。

我也为此劳苦，照着他在我里面运用的大能尽心竭力。

我也为此劳苦，照着他在我里面运用的大能尽心竭力。

为此，我按着祂在我身上运行的大能尽心竭力，不辞劳苦。

我也为了这事劳苦，按着他用大能在我心中运行的动力，竭力奋斗。

我也为此劳苦，藉着他在我里面的大能作为而争战。

我也為此勞苦，照着他在我裏面運用的大能盡心竭力。

我也為此勞苦，照着他在我裏面運用的大能盡心竭力。

我也為此勞苦，照着他在我裏面運用的大能盡心竭力。

為此，我按著祂在我身上運行的大能盡心竭力，不辭勞苦。

我也為了這事勞苦，按著他用大能在我心中運行的動力，竭力奮鬥。

為了這事、我並且勞苦，照他以大能力在我身上所運用的動力而奮鬥着。

我也為此勞苦，藉著他在我裡面的大能作為而爭戰。

我為此勤勞、依上帝之功用而盡力、乃以其大能行於我衷者也、

為此、我竭力服勞、依其助我之大力、

為此我竭力勤勞、循其在我心運用之大力、

此吾所為不辭勞苦一恃天主施於我躬之神力、而奮鬥者也。

To this end I strenuously contend with all the energy Christ so powerfully works in me.

That’s what I’m working for. I work hard with all the strength of Christ. His strength works powerfully in me.

For this I toil, struggling with all his energy that he powerfully works within me.

I labor for this, striving with his strength that works powerfully in me.

For this purpose I also labor, striving according to His power which works mightily within me.

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

whereunto I labor also, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.

I labor for this, striving with His strength that works powerfully in me.

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

Toward this goal I also labor, struggling according to his power that powerfully works in me.

for which I also labor, striving according to his working, which works in me mightily.

But whatever I am now, it is all because God poured out his special favor on me— and not without results. For I have worked harder than any of the other apostles; yet it was not I but God who was working through me by his grace.

I also pray that you will understand the incredible greatness of God’s power for us who believe him. This is the same mighty power

By God’s grace and mighty power, I have been given the privilege of serving him by spreading this Good News.

All athletes are disciplined in their training. They do it to win a prize that will fade away, but we do it for an eternal prize.So I run with purpose in every step. I am not just shadowboxing.I discipline my body like an athlete, training it to do what it should. Otherwise, I fear that after preaching to others I myself might be disqualified.

I want you to know how much I have agonized for you and for the church at Laodicea, and for many other believers who have never met me personally.

Each time he said,“ My grace is all you need. My power works best in weakness.” So now I am glad to boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ can work through me.That’s why I take pleasure in my weaknesses, and in the insults, hardships, persecutions, and troubles that I suffer for Christ. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

For God is working in you, giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases him.

Above all, you must live as citizens of heaven, conducting yourselves in a manner worthy of the Good News about Christ. Then, whether I come and see you again or only hear about you, I will know that you are standing together with one spirit and one purpose, fighting together for the faith, which is the Good News.

may he equip you with all you need for doing his will. May he produce in you, through the power of Jesus Christ, every good thing that is pleasing to him. All glory to him forever and ever! Amen.

Epaphras, a member of your own fellowship and a servant of Christ Jesus, sends you his greetings. He always prays earnestly for you, asking God to make you strong and perfect, fully confident that you are following the whole will of God.

My ambition has always been to preach the Good News where the name of Christ has never been heard, rather than where a church has already been started by someone else.

Hold firmly to the word of life; then, on the day of Christ’s return, I will be proud that I did not run the race in vain and that my work was not useless.

We have been beaten, been put in prison, faced angry mobs, worked to exhaustion, endured sleepless nights, and gone without food.

So I am willing to endure anything if it will bring salvation and eternal glory in Christ Jesus to those God has chosen.

It is the one and only Spirit who distributes all these gifts. He alone decides which gift each person should have.

We are in this struggle together. You have seen my struggle in the past, and you know that I am still in the midst of it.

You have patiently suffered for me without quitting.

“ Work hard to enter the narrow door to God’s Kingdom, for many will try to enter but will fail.

Don’t you remember, dear brothers and sisters, how hard we worked among you? Night and day we toiled to earn a living so that we would not be a burden to any of you as we preached God’s Good News to you.

Are they servants of Christ? I know I sound like a madman, but I have served him far more! I have worked harder, been put in prison more often, been whipped times without number, and faced death again and again.

Dear brothers and sisters, I urge you in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to join in my struggle by praying to God for me. Do this because of your love for me, given to you by the Holy Spirit.

Now all glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think.

I will give you all the proof you want that Christ speaks through me. Christ is not weak when he deals with you; he is powerful among you.

God works in different ways, but it is the same God who does the work in all of us.

We never accepted food from anyone without paying for it. We worked hard day and night so we would not be a burden to any of you.

So whether we are here in this body or away from this body, our goal is to please him.

After all, you have not yet given your lives in your struggle against sin.