Colossians 2:1

New International Version

I want you to know how hard I am contending for you and for those at Laodicea, and for all who have not met me personally.

Cross References

Genesis 30:8

Then Rachel said, “I have had a great struggle with my sister, and I have won.” So she named him Naphtali.

Luke 22:44

And being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground.

Acts 20:25

“Now I know that none of you among whom I have gone about preaching the kingdom will ever see me again.

Acts 20:38

What grieved them most was his statement that they would never see his face again. Then they accompanied him to the ship.

Galatians 4:19

My dear children, for whom I am again in the pains of childbirth until Christ is formed in you,

Philippians 1:30

since you are going through the same struggle you saw I had, and now hear that I still have.

Colossians 1:24

Now I rejoice in what I am suffering for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is still lacking in regard to Christ’s afflictions, for the sake of his body, which is the church.

Colossians 1:29

To this end I strenuously contend with all the energy Christ so powerfully works in me.

Colossians 2:5

For though I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit and delight to see how disciplined you are and how firm your faith in Christ is.

1 Thessalonians 2:2

We had previously suffered and been treated outrageously in Philippi, as you know, but with the help of our God we dared to tell you his gospel in the face of strong opposition.

Hebrews 5:7

During the days of Jesus’ life on earth, he offered up prayers and petitions with fervent cries and tears to the one who could save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverent submission.

1 Peter 1:8

Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy,

Revelation 1:11

which said: “Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia and Laodicea.”