Colossians 2:5
Colossians · New Testament · Chapter 2
“For though I be absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, joying and beholding your order, and the stedfastness of your faith in Christ.”Colossians 2:5
What Does Colossians 2:5 Mean?
Colossians 2:5 is found in the book of Colossians, chapter 2, verse 5 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 2:5 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
1 Corinthians 15:58“Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.”1 Corinthians 14:40“Let all things be done decently and in order.”1 Corinthians 5:3“For I verily, as absent in body, but present in spirit, have judged already, as though I were present, concerning him that hath so done this deed,”1 Thessalonians 2:17“But we, brethren, being taken from you for a short time in presence, not in heart, endeavoured the more abundantly to see your face with great desire.”2 Kings 5:26“And he said unto him, Went not mine heart with thee, when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and maidservants?”1 Corinthians 16:13“Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.”1 Peter 5:9“Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.”2 Peter 3:17“Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness.”Philippians 2:2“Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.”Hebrews 3:14“For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;”Psalms 78:37“For their heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant.”1 Thessalonians 3:8“For now we live, if ye stand fast in the Lord.”Hebrews 6:19“Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;”Psalms 78:8“And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God.”2 Corinthians 7:7“And not by his coming only, but by the consolation wherewith he was comforted in you, when he told us your earnest desire, your mourning, your fervent mind toward me; so that I rejoiced the more.”Numbers 2:17“Then the tabernacle of the congregation shall set forward with the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camp: as they encamp, so shall they set forward, every man in his place by their standards.”Numbers 7:11“And the LORD said unto Moses, They shall offer their offering, each prince on his day, for the dedicating of the altar.”Numbers 10:28“Thus were the journeyings of the children of Israel according to their armies, when they set forward.”2 Chronicles 29:35“And also the burnt offerings were in abundance, with the fat of the peace offerings, and the drink offerings for every burnt offering. So the service of the house of the LORD was set in order.”Colossians 2:1“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;”
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