Colossians 2:1

Modern English Version

I would like you to know what a great struggle I am having for you, and for those at Laodicea, and for everyone who has not seen my face in the body,

Cross References

Genesis 30:8

Then Rachel said, “With great wrestling have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed.” So she called his name Naphtali.

Luke 22:44

And being in anguish, He prayed more earnestly. And His sweat became like great drops of blood falling down to the ground.

Acts 20:25

“Now, behold, I know that you all, among whom I went proclaiming the kingdom of God, will see my face no more.

Acts 20:38

grieving most over the words he spoke, that they were to see his face no more. Then they escorted him to the ship.

Galatians 4:19

My little children, of whom I labor in birth again until Christ is formed in you,

Philippians 1:30

having the same conflict which you saw in me and now hear is in me.

Colossians 1:24

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake and fill up in my flesh that which is lacking in the afflictions of Christ, for the sake of His body, which is the church.

Colossians 1:29

In this I labor, striving according to His power, which effectively works in me.

Colossians 2:5

For though I am absent in the body, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing and seeing your orderliness and the steadfastness of your faith in Christ.

1 Thessalonians 2:2

But even after we had previously suffered and were shamefully treated at Philippi, as you know, we were bold in our God to declare to you the gospel of God amid much opposition.

Hebrews 5:7

In the days of His flesh, Jesus offered up prayers and supplications with loud cries and tears to Him who was able to save Him from death. He was heard because of His godly fear.

1 Peter 1:8

whom, having not seen, you love; and in whom, though you do not see Him now, you believe and you rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory,

Revelation 1:11

saying, “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last,” and “What you see, write in a book, and send it to the seven churches which are in Asia: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.”