energeia denotes effective power at work, whether in divine action, Satan's activity, or the functioning of the body.

The occurrences present energeia as effective power in operation: it is connected with God's raising and transforming action, power given for service and labor, the measured functioning that builds up the body, and Satan's activity. The same general use also frames the delusion sent in 2 Thessalonians 2:11, without requiring a separate lexical sense.

1. Effective power in operation · dominant

   The accusative form occurs in clauses describing action according to or by an operative power: in Ephesians 1:19 the APB renders power toward believers "according to the active energy of the strength of his might," and in Philippians 3:21 it renders the power by which he transforms and subjects all things. The genitive form in Colossians 2:12 occurs in the phrase the APB renders "through faith in the working of God" who raised him; the same use also describes power for service and labor in Ephesians 3:7 and Colossians 1:29, Satan's activity in 2 Thessalonians 2:9, and the body's measured functioning in Ephesians 4:16.

   Ephesians 1:19Philippians 3:21Colossians 2:12Ephesians 3:7Colossians 1:292 Thessalonians 2:9

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the term with "active energy," while Colossians 2:12 and Ephesians 4:16 use "working." In 2 Thessalonians 2:11 the verse is rendered with "a powerful delusion," so the lemma's individual English equivalent is less directly isolated.