I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has strengthened me, that He considered me faithful and appointed me to service.
Parallel translations
- WEB And I thank him who enabled me, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he counted me faithful, appointing me to service;
- KJV And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry;
- NKJV And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord who has enabled me, because He counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry,
- NASB I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has strengthened me, because He considered me faithful, putting me into service,
- NLT I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has given me strength to do his work. He considered me trustworthy and appointed me to serve him,
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Quick answer
Paul thanks Christ for strengthening him and counting him faithful for ministry. It shows that fitness for service comes from Christ's grace, not human merit.
Overview
Paul gives thanks to Christ Jesus, who enabled him and appointed him to service despite his past. He attributes both his calling and his faithfulness to the Lord's grace. The verse models gratitude and humility, recognizing ministry as a gift from Christ.
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Cross-references · 16
- Phil 4:13I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.
- 2 Tim 4:17But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message would be fully proclaimed, and all the Gentiles would hear it. So I was delivered from the mouth of the lion.
- 2 Cor 12:9–10But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me.
- Col 1:25I became its servant by the commission God gave me to fully proclaim to you the word of God,
- Acts 9:15“Go!” said the Lord. “This man is My chosen instrument to carry My name before the Gentiles and their kings, and before the people of Israel.
- Phil 2:11and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
- 2 Cor 3:5–6Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim that anything comes from us, but our competence comes from God.
- 1 Cor 7:25Now about virgins, I have no command from the Lord, but I give a judgment as one who by the Lord’s mercy is trustworthy.
- 2 Cor 4:1Therefore, since God in His mercy has given us this ministry, we do not lose heart.
- Acts 9:22But Saul was empowered all the more, and he confounded the Jews living in Damascus by proving that Jesus is the Christ.
- 1 Tim 1:11that agrees with the glorious gospel of the blessed God, with which I have been entrusted.
- Acts 16:15And when she and her household had been baptized, she urged us, “If you consider me a believer in the Lord, come and stay at my house.” And she persuaded us.
- Rev 5:9–14And they sang a new song: “Worthy are You to take the scroll and open its seals, because You were slain, and by Your blood You purchased for God those from every tribe and tongue and people and nation.
- Rev 7:10–12And they cried out in a loud voice: “Salvation to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”
- 1 Cor 15:10But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace to me was not in vain. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.
- John 5:23so that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.
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