Colossians 2:1

Christ, The Mystery Of God

¹ For it is my desire to give you news of the great fight I am making for you and for those at Laodicea, and for all who have not seen my face in the flesh; ² So that their hearts may be comforted, and that being joined together in love, they may come to the full wealth of the certain knowledge of the secret of God, even Christ,

Face to Face

Christ

Colosse

Laodicea

Paul

Colossians 1:29

And for this purpose I am working, using all my strength by the help of his power which is working in me strongly.

Philippians 1:30

Fighting the same fight which you saw in me, and now have word of in me.

Revelation 1:11

Saying, What you see, put in a book, and send it to the seven churches; to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamos and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea.

Colossians 4:12-13

Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ Jesus, sends you his love, ever taking thought for you in his prayers, that you may be complete and fully certain of all the purpose of God.

Genesis 32:24-30

Then Jacob was by himself; and a man was fighting with him till dawn.

Hosea 12:3-4

In the body of his mother he took his brother by the foot, and in his strength he was fighting with God;

Luke 22:44

And being in great trouble of soul, the force of his prayer became stronger, and great drops, like blood, came from him, falling to the earth.

Acts 20:25

And now I am conscious that you, among whom I have gone about preaching the kingdom, will not see my face again.

Acts 20:38

Being sad most of all because he had said that they would not see his face again. And so they went with him to the ship.

Galatians 4:19

My children, of whom I am again in birth-pains till Christ is formed in you,

Colossians 1:24

Now I have joy in my pain because of you, and in my flesh I undergo whatever is still needed to make the sorrows of Christ complete, for the salvation of his body, the church;

Colossians 2:5

For though I am not present in the flesh, still I am with you in the spirit, seeing with joy your order, and your unchanging faith in Christ.

Colossians 4:15-16

Give my love to the brothers in Laodicea and to Nymphas and the church in their house.

1 Thessalonians 2:2

But after we had first undergone much pain and been cruelly attacked as you saw, at Philippi, by the help of God we gave you the good news without fear, though everything was against us.

Hebrews 5:7

Who in the days of his flesh, having sent up prayers and requests with strong crying and weeping to him who was able to give him salvation from death, had his prayer answered because of his fear of God.

1 Peter 1:8

To whom your love is given, though you have not seen him; and the faith which you have in him, though you do not see him now, gives you joy greater than words and full of glory:

Revelation 3:14-22

And to the angel of the church in Laodicea say: These things says the true and certain witness, the head of God's new order:

Genesis 30:8

And Rachel said, I have had a great fight with my sister, and I have overcome her: and she gave the child the name Naphtali.