Colossians 2:1

The Text-Critical English New Testament

For I want you to know how great a struggle I have for you, for those in Laodicea, and for all who have not seen me face to face.

Cross References

Luke 22:44

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

Acts 20:25

“And now, behold, I know that none of you among whom I have gone about preaching the kingdom of God will see my face again.

Acts 20:38

being especially grieved over his statement that they would see his face no more. Then they accompanied him to the ship.

Galatians 4:19

My little children, for whom I am again suffering labor pains until Christ is formed in you,

Philippians 1:30

since you are experiencing the same conflict that you saw I had and now hear that I still have.

Colossians 1:24

I rejoice now in my sufferings for you, and in my flesh I am filling up what is lacking in Christ's afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church.

Colossians 1:29

To this end I labor, striving according to his energy that is powerfully at work within me.

Colossians 2:5

For though I am absent in body, I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your good order and the firmness of your faith in Christ.

1 Thessalonians 2:2

On the contrary, even though we had previously suffered and been mistreated in Philippi, as you know, we had boldness in our God to declare to you the gospel of God in the face of strong opposition.

Hebrews 5:7

In the days of his flesh, Jesus offered up prayers and supplications, 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 Peter 1:8

Although you once did not know him, you love him; although you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with an unspeakable and glorious joy,

Revelation 1:11

saying, “Write what yoʋ see in a book and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.”