Efesus 3:7

3:7 I became a servant of this gospel ¹  according to the gift of God’s grace that was given to me by ²  the exercise of his power. ³ 

Kolose 1:29

1:29 Toward this goal ⁴  I also labor, struggling according to his power that powerfully ⁵  works in me.

¹ tn Grk “of which I was made a minister,” “of which I became a servant.”

² tn Grk “according to.”

³ sn On the exercise of his power see 1:19-20.

⁴ tn The Greek phrase εἴς ὅ (eis Jo, “toward which”) implies “movement toward a goal” and has been rendered by the English phrase “Toward this goal.”

⁵ tn The prepositional phrase ἐν δυνάμει (en dunamei) seems to be functioning adverbially, related to the participle, and has therefore been translated “powerfully.”