For this I toil, struggling with all his energy that he powerfully works within me.
29. For which thing. He enhances, by two circumstances, the glory of his apostleship and of his doctrine. In the first place, he makes mention of his aim, “Son travaille et peine;” — “His labor and trouble.” which is a token of the difficulty that he felt; for those things are for the most part the most excellent that are the most difficult.
We taste redemption's benefits in our hearts first, then follow those streams back to their source in Christ's work. The Father works this grace in us by His Spirit, and if we feel the comfort of it, He must have all the glory for it.
AI summary
Commenting on Colossians 1:12-29
Whereunto I also labour,.... In the word and doctrine, by preaching Christ, warning sinners of their danger, teaching them the way of salvation, and their duty; with this view, that, in thee great day of account, he might bring a large number of them, and set them before Christ as the seals of his ministry, as instances of the grace of Christ, and as perfect...