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Col. 1.29. Scarcely one word in our translation of this verse seems to answer the emphasis of the original, in marking the apostle’s determined devotedness to his work——kopew—agwvizomenov—kata thn energeian anto—energemenhn en emoi—en dunamei—I labour even to weariness. I strive as in a conflict. I struggle according to the inward operation of Christ, working effectually in me with great and exceeding power. It seems (as Dr. Hammond remarks) as if ‘all the agonistical phrases in use among the ancient Grecians were culled out and scattered among his Epistles; fetched from Olympus to Zion, from Athens to Jerusalem , and all little enough to express the earnestness of the holy violence of his soul in this kalov agwn.’ Sermon entitled, The Pastor’s Motto.