Colossians 2:5

Weymouth NT

For although, as you say, I am absent from you in body, yet in spirit I am present with you and am delighted to witness your good discipline and the solid front presented by your faith in Christ.

Cross References

Acts 2:42

and they were constant in listening to the teaching of the Apostles and in their attendance at the Communion, that is, the Breaking of the Bread, and at prayer.

Acts 20:21

and urging upon both Jews and Greeks the necessity of turning to God and of believing in Jesus our Lord.

1 Corinthians 11:34

If any one is hungry, let him eat at home; so that your coming together may not lead to judgement. The other matters I will deal with whenever I come.

1 Corinthians 14:40

only let everything be done in a becoming and orderly manner.

1 Corinthians 15:58

Therefore, my dear brethren, be firm, unmovable, busily occupied at all times in the Lord's work, knowing that your toil is not fruitless in the Lord.

1 Corinthians 16:13

Be on the alert; stand firm in the faith; acquit yourselves like men; be strong.

Colossians 2:1

For I would have you know in how severe a struggle I am engaged on behalf of you and the brethren in Laodicea and of all who have not known me personally,

1 Thessalonians 2:17

But we, brethren, having been for a short time separated from you in bodily presence, though not in heart, endeavoured all the more earnestly, with intense longing, to see you face to face.

1 Thessalonians 3:8

For now life is for us life indeed, since you are standing fast in the Lord.

Hebrews 3:14

For we have, all alike, become sharers with Christ, if we really hold our first confidence firm to the End;

Hebrews 6:19

That hope we have as an anchor of the soul–an anchor that can neither break nor drag. It passes in behind the veil,

1 Peter 5:9

Withstand him, firm in your faith; knowing that your brethren in other parts of the world are passing through just the same experiences.