Colossians 2:1

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

For I want you to know how greatly I am struggling  for you, for those in Laodicea,  and for all who have not seen me in person.

Cross References

Colossians 1:29

I labour for this, striving  with his strength that works powerfully in me.

Philippians 1:30

since you are engaged in the same struggle that you saw I had and now hear that I have.

Revelation 1:11

saying, ‘Write   on a scroll   what you see and send it to the seven churches: Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.’

Colossians 1:24

Now I rejoice in my sufferings  for you, and I am completing in my flesh what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions for his body,  that is, the church.

Acts 20:38

grieving most of all over his statement that they would never see his face again. And they accompanied him to the ship.

1 Peter 1:8

Though you have not seen  him, you love him;  though not seeing him now, you believe in him, and you rejoice  with inexpressible and glorious joy,

Colossians 2:5

For I may be absent in body, but I am with you in spirit,  rejoicing to see how well ordered you are and the strength of your faith in Christ.

Galatians 4:19

My children,  I am again suffering labour pains  for you until Christ is formed in you.

Acts 20:25

‘And now I know that none of you, among whom I went about preaching the kingdom, will ever see me again.

Luke 22:44

Being in anguish,  he prayed more fervently, and his sweat became like drops of blood falling to the ground.

Hebrews 5:7

During his earthly life,  he offered prayers and appeals  with loud cries and tears  to the one who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverence.

1 Thessalonians 2:2

On the contrary, after we had previously suffered  and were treated outrageously in Philippi,  as you know, we were emboldened by our God to speak the gospel of God to you in spite of great opposition.

Genesis 30:8

Rachel said, ‘In my wrestling with God,  I have wrestled with my sister and won,’ and she named him Naphtali.