Colossians:1:11

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rwp @Colossians:1:11 @{Strengthened } (\dunamoumenoi \). Present passive participle of late verb \dunamo “\ (from \dunamis \), to empower , "empowered with all power ." In LXX and papyri and modern Greek . In N .T . only here and strkjv @Hebrews:11:34 | and MSS . in strkjv @Ephesians:6:10 | (W H in margin ). {According to the might of his glory } (\kata to kratos t ˆs dox ˆs autou \). \Kratos \ is old word for perfect strength (cf . \krate “, kratilos \). In N .T . it is applied only to God . Here his might is accompanied by glory ( _Shekinah_ ). {Unto all patience and longsuffering } (\eis p ƒsan hupomon ˆn kai makrothumian \). See both together also in strkjv @James:5:10f .; strkjv @2Corinthians:6:4 ,6 ; strkjv @2Timothy:3:10 |. \Hupomon ˆ\ is remaining under (\hupomen “\) difficulties without succumbing , while \makrothumia \ is the long endurance that does not retaliate (Trench ).

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