Colossians 4:12

New Century Version

Epaphras, a servant of Jesus Christ, from your group, also greets you. He always prays for you that you will grow to be spiritually mature and have everything God wants for you.

Cross References

Matthew 5:48

So you must be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.

Luke 1:1

Many have tried to report on the things that happened among us.

Luke 22:44

Being full of pain, Jesus prayed even harder. His sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground.

John 12:26

Whoever serves me must follow me. Then my servant will be with me everywhere I am. My Father will honor anyone who serves me.

Romans 15:14

My brothers and sisters, I am sure that you are full of goodness. I know that you have all the knowledge you need and that you are able to teach each other.

Romans 15:30

Brothers and sisters, I beg you to help me in my work by praying to God for me. Do this because of our Lord Jesus and the love that the Holy Spirit gives us.

1 Corinthians 14:20

Brothers and sisters, do not think like children. In evil things be like babies, but in your thinking you should be like adults.

1 Corinthians 2:6

However, I speak a wisdom to those who are mature. But this wisdom is not from this world or from the rulers of this world, who are losing their power.

2 Corinthians 13:11

Now, brothers and sisters, I say good-bye. Live in harmony. Do what I have asked you to do. Agree with each other, and live in peace. Then the God of love and peace will be with you.

Galatians 1:10

Do you think I am trying to make people accept me? No, God is the One I am trying to please. Am I trying to please people? If I still wanted to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ.

Galatians 4:19

My little children, again I feel the pain of childbirth for you until you truly become like Christ.

Colossians 1:22

But now God has made you his friends again. He did this through Christ’s death in the body so that he might bring you into God’s presence as people who are holy, with no wrong, and with nothing of which God can judge you guilty.

Colossians 1:28

So we continue to preach Christ to each person, using all wisdom to warn and to teach everyone, in order to bring each one into God’s presence as a mature person in Christ.

Colossians 1:29

To do this, I work and struggle, using Christ’s great strength that works so powerfully in me.

Colossians 1:7

You learned about God’s grace from Epaphras, whom we love. He works together with us and is a faithful servant of Christ for us.

Colossians 1:9

Because of this, since the day we heard about you, we have continued praying for you, asking God that you will know fully what he wants. We pray that you will also have great wisdom and understanding in spiritual things

Colossians 4:9

I send him with Onesimus, a faithful and dear brother in Christ, and one of your group. They will tell you all that has happened here.

1 Thessalonians 5:23

Now may God himself, the God of peace, make you pure, belonging only to him. May your whole self—spirit, soul, and body—be kept safe and without fault when our Lord Jesus Christ comes.

Philemon 1:23

Epaphras, a prisoner with me for Christ Jesus, sends greetings to you.

Hebrews 5:14

But solid food is for those who are grown up. They are mature enough to know the difference between good and evil.

Hebrews 5:7

While Jesus lived on earth, he prayed to God and asked God for help. He prayed with loud cries and tears to the One who could save him from death, and his prayer was heard because he trusted God.

James 1:1

From James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ. To all of God’s people who are scattered everywhere in the world: Greetings.

James 1:4

Let your patience show itself perfectly in what you do. Then you will be perfect and complete and will have everything you need.

James 5:16

Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so God can heal you. When a believing person prays, great things happen.

2 Peter 1:1

From Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ. To you who have received a faith as valuable as ours, because our God and Savior Jesus Christ does what is right.

Jude 1:24

God is strong and can help you not to fall. He can bring you before his glory without any wrong in you and can give you great joy.