Colossians 1:29

1:29 Toward this goal ¹  I also labor, struggling according to his power that powerfully ²  works in me.

Colossians 2:12

2:12 Having been buried with him in baptism, you also have been raised with him through your ³  faith in the power ⁴  of God who raised him from the dead.

[1:29]  ¹ 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.”

[1:29]  ² tn The prepositional phrase ἐν δυνάμει (en dunamei) seems to be functioning adverbially, related to the participle, and has therefore been translated “powerfully.”

[2:12]  ³ tn The article with the genitive modifier τῆς πίστεως (th" pistew") is functioning as a possessive pronoun (ExSyn 215).

[2:12]  ⁴ tn The genitive τῆς ἐνεργείας (th" energeia") has been translated as an objective genitive, “faith in the power.”