Colossians 2:1

Tree of Life Version

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

Cross References

Genesis 30:8

So Rachel said, “I’ve surely wrestled greatly with my sister — also I’ve won.” So she named him Naphtali.

Luke 22:44

And in His anguish, He was praying fervently; and His sweat was like drops of blood falling down on the ground.

Acts 20:25

“Now, look! I know that none of you, among whom I have gone proclaiming the kingdom, will ever see my face again.

Acts 20:38

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

Galatians 4:19

My dear children! Again I suffer labor pains until Messiah is formed in you.

Philippians 1:30

experiencing the same struggle you saw in me and now you are hearing in me.

Colossians 1:24

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and in my physical body—for the sake of His body, Messiah’s community—I fill up what is lacking in the afflictions of Messiah.

Colossians 1:29

To this end I labor, striving with all His strength which is powerfully at work in me.

Colossians 2:5

For even though I am absent in body, yet I am with you in spirit—rejoicing to see your good order and the steadfastness of your trust in Messiah.

1 Thessalonians 2:2

On the contrary, after we had first suffered and been mistreated in Philippi, as you know, we had boldness in our God to tell you the Good News of God—even in the midst of much opposition.

Hebrews 5:7

In the days of His life on earth, Yeshua offered up both prayers and pleas, with loud crying and tears, to the One able to save Him from death; and He was heard because of His reverence.

1 Peter 1:8

Though you have not seen Him, you love Him. And even though you don’t see Him now, you trust Him and are filled with a joy that is glorious beyond words,

Revelation 1:11

saying, “Write what you see in a scroll, and send it to Messiah’s seven communities—to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamum and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea.”