Colossians 2:1 Cross References - Murdock

¹ And I wish you to know, what a struggle I have for you, and for them of Laodicea, and for the others who have not seen my face in the flesh;

⁴⁴ And as he was in fear, he prayed earnestly; and his sweat was like drops of blood; and it fell on the ground.

²⁵ And now, I know that ye will see my face no more, all of you among whom I have travelled and preached the kingdom of God.

³⁸ And they had the most anguish, because of the word he uttered, that they would see his face no more. And they accompanied him to the ship.

¹⁹ Ye are my children, of whom I travail in birth again, till the Messiah be formed in you.

³⁰ and that ye endure conflict, as ye have seen in me, and now hear concerning me.

²⁴ And I rejoice in the sufferings which are for your sakes; and, in my flesh, I fill up the deficiency in the afflictions of the Messiah, in behalf of his body, which is the church;

²⁹ And for this also, I toil and strive, with the aid of the strength that is imparted to me.

⁵ For though I am separated from you in the flesh, yet I am with you in spirit; and I rejoice at beholding your good order, and the stability of your faith in the Messiah.

¹² Epaphras saluteth you, who is from among you, a servant of the Messiah, always laboring for you in prayer, that ye may stand perfect and complete in all the good pleasure of God. ¹³ For I testify for him, that he hath great zeal for you, and for them of Laodicea, and for them of Hierapolis.

¹⁵ Salute ye the brethren in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the church in his house. ¹⁶ And when this epistle shall have been read among you, cause it to be read also in the church of the Laodiceans; and that which is written from Laodicea, do ye read.

² but we first suffered and were treated with indignity, as ye know, at Philippi; and then, in a great agony, with confidence in our God, we addressed to you the gospel of the Messiah.

⁷ Likewise, when he was clothed in flesh, he presented supplication and entreaty with intense invocation, and with tears, to him who was able to resuscitate him from death; and he was heard.

⁸ whom having not seen, ye love; and in the faith of whom ye rejoice, with joy that is glorious and ineffable,

¹¹ That which thou seest, write in a book, and send to the seven churches, to Ephesus, and to Smyrna, and to Pergamos, and to Thyatira, and to Sardis, and to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.

¹⁴ And to the angel of the church which is at Laodicea, write: These things saith the Amen, the witness, the faithful, the true, the Chief of the creation of God: ¹⁵ I know thy works, that thou art neither hot, nor cold; I would that thou wert cold or hot. ¹⁶ So, because thou art lukewarm, neither hot nor cold, I am about to vomit thee from my mouth. ¹⁷ Because thou sayest, I am rich and affluent, and have no want of any thing; and thou knowest not, that thou art impotent, and miserable, and needy, and blind, and naked; ¹⁸ I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest become rich; and white raiment, to be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness may not be seen; and put eye-salve on thine eyes, that thou mayest see. ¹⁹ As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten. Be emulous therefore, and repent. ²⁰ Behold, I have been standing at the door, and I will knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. ²¹ And to him that is victorious, to him will I give to sit with me on my throne, even as I was victorious, and sat down with my Father on his throne. ²² He that hath ears to hear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches.