Colossians 2:1 Cross References - ISV

¹ For I want you to know how much I struggle for you, for those in Laodicea, and for all who have never seen me face to face.

⁸ so Rachel said, “I’ve been through a mighty struggle with my sister and won.” She named him Naphtali.

²⁴ Jacob Struggles with GodAnd so Jacob was left alone, and he struggled with a man until daybreak. ²⁵ When the man realized that he hadn’t yet won the struggle, he injured the socket of Jacob’s thigh, dislocating it as he wrestled with him, ²⁶ and said, “Let me go, because the dawn has come.”
“I won’t let you go,” Jacob replied, “unless you bless me.”
²⁷ Then the man asked him, “What’s your name?”
“Jacob,” he responded
²⁸ “Your name won’t be Jacob anymore,” the man replied, “but Israel, because you exerted yourself against both God and men, and you’ve emerged victorious.”
²⁹ “Please,” Jacob inquired, “Tell me your name.”
But he asked, “Why are you asking about my name?” And he blessed Jacob there.
³⁰ Jacob would later call that place Peniel, because “I saw God face to face, but my life was spared.”

³ He circumvented his brother in the womb, and as an adult he fought with God. ⁴ He even fought the angel and won; he cried and prayed to him. Then at Bethel he found him, and there he spoke with us—

⁴⁴ In his anguish he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat became like large drops of blood falling on the ground.

²⁵ “Now I know that none of you among whom I traveled preaching about the kingdom will ever see my face again.

³⁸ They were especially sorrowful because of what he had said—that they would never see his face again. Then they took him to the ship.

¹⁹ My children, I am suffering birth pains for you again until the Messiah is formed in you.

³⁰ You have the same struggle that you saw in me and now hear that I am still having.

²⁴ Paul’s Service in the ChurchNow I am rejoicing while suffering for you as I complete in my flesh whatever remains of the Messiah’s sufferings on behalf of his body, which is the church.

²⁹ I work hard and struggle to do this, using the energy that he powerfully provides in me.

⁵ For although I am physically absent, I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see how stable you are and how firm your faith in the Messiah is.

¹² Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of the Messiah Jesus, sends you his greetings. He is always wrestling in his prayers for you, so that you may stand mature, completely convinced of the entire will of God. ¹³ For I can testify on his behalf that he has a deep concern for you and for those in Laodicea and in Hierapolis.

¹⁵ Give my greetings to the brothers in Laodicea, especially to Nympha and the church that is in her house. ¹⁶ When this letter has been read among you, have it read also in the church of the Laodiceans, and be sure to read the one from Laodicea.

² As you know, we suffered persecution and were mistreated in Philippi. Yet we were encouraged by our God to tell you his gospel in spite of strong opposition.

⁷ As a mortal man, he offered up prayers and appeals with loud cries and tears to the one who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his devotion to God.

⁸ Though you have not seen him, you love him. And even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and rejoice with an indescribable and glorious joy,

¹¹ saying, “Write on a scroll what you see, and send it to the seven churches: Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.”

¹⁴ The Letter to the Church in Laodicea“To the messenger of the church in Laodicea, write:
‘The Amen, the witness who is faithful and true, the originator of God’s creation, says this:
¹⁵ ‘I know your actions, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were cold or hot. ¹⁶ Since you are lukewarm and neither hot nor cold, I am going to spit you out of my mouth. ¹⁷ You say, “I am rich. I have become wealthy. I don’t need anything.” Yet you don’t realize that you are miserable, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked. ¹⁸ Therefore, I advise you to buy from me gold purified in fire so you may be rich, white clothes to wear so your shameful nakedness won’t show, and ointment to put on your eyes so you may see. ¹⁹ I correct and discipline those whom I love, so be serious and repent! ²⁰ Look! I am standing at the door and knocking. If anyone listens to my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he will eat with me. ²¹ To the one who conquers I will give a place to sit with me on my throne, just as I have conquered and have sat down with my Father on his throne.
²² ‘Let everyone listen to what the Spirit says to the churches.’”