Colossians 3:3
Colossians · New Testament · Chapter 3
“For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.”Colossians 3:3
What Does Colossians 3:3 Mean?
Colossians 3:3 is found in the book of Colossians, chapter 3, verse 3 of the New Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Key themes in this passage include Resurrection.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Colossians 3:3 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Galatians 2:20“I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.”Romans 6:2“God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?”Romans 6:11“Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.”Colossians 2:20“Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances,”1 Peter 4:1“Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;”John 5:24“Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.”Psalms 27:5“For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.”1 Peter 2:24“Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.”Romans 8:2“For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.”Matthew 13:44“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.”John 11:25“Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:”Romans 5:10“For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.”1 John 3:1“Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.”2 Timothy 2:11“It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with him, we shall also live with him:”Psalms 32:7“Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.”John 10:28“And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.”1 Peter 1:3“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,”1 John 4:9“In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.”2 Corinthians 5:14“For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:”Luke 20:38“For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living: for all live unto him.”
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