Colossians 2:1
Colossians · New Testament · Chapter 2
“For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh;”Colossians 2:1
What Does Colossians 2:1 Mean?
Colossians 2:1 is found in the book of Colossians, chapter 2, verse 1 of the New Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Colossians 2:1 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Colossians 1:29“Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.”Philippians 1:30“Having the same conflict which ye saw in me, and now hear to be in me.”Galatians 4:19“My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,”Colossians 4:12“Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth you, always labouring fervently for you in prayers, that ye may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.”Revelation 3:14“And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;”Philippians 1:8“For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.”Colossians 4:13“For I bear him record, that he hath a great zeal for you, and them that are in Laodicea, and them in Hierapolis.”Hebrews 10:32“But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were illuminated, ye endured a great fight of afflictions;”Revelation 1:11“Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.”Genesis 32:24“And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.”Hosea 12:3“He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God:”Acts 20:38“Sorrowing most of all for the words which he spake, that they should see his face no more. And they accompanied him unto the ship.”Romans 15:30“Now I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christ’s sake, and for the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in your prayers to God for me;”2 Corinthians 11:28“Beside those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches.”Ephesians 3:8“Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;”Colossians 1:24“Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body’s sake, which is the church:”Luke 22:44“And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.”Acts 6:4“But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word.”Acts 20:25“And now, behold, I know that ye all, among whom I have gone preaching the kingdom of God, shall see my face no more.”Philippians 1:22“But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour: yet what I shall choose I wot not.”
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