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Colossians Chapter 1

Overview

Col 1:1, After salutation Paul thanks God for their faith; Col 1:7, confirms the doctrine of Epaphras; Col 1:9, prays further for their increase in grace; Col 1:14, describes the true Christ; Col 1:21, encourages them to receive Jesus Christ, and commends his own ministry.

Colossians 1:1

col 1:1

an: Rom 1:1; Co1 1:1; Co2 1:1; Eph 1:1

Timotheus: Phi 1:1; Th1 1:1; Th2 1:1; Plm 1:1

Colossians 1:2

col 1:2

the saints: Psa 16:3; Co1 1:2; Gal 3:9; Eph 1:1

faithful: Co1 4:17; Eph 6:21

Grace: Rom 1:7; Gal 1:3; Pe1 1:2; Pe2 1:2; Jde 1:2; Rev 1:4

Colossians 1:3

col 1:3

give: Rom 1:8, Rom 1:9; Co1 1:4; Eph 1:15; Phi 1:3-5, Phi 4:6; Th1 1:2

praying: Col 1:9, Col 1:13; Eph 3:14-19; Phi 1:9-11; Th1 3:10-13; Th2 2:16, Th2 2:17; Ti2 1:3

Colossians 1:4

col 1:4

we: Col 1:9; Co2 7:7; Eph 1:15; Th1 3:6; Jo3 1:3, Jo3 1:4

faith: Gal 5:6; Th1 1:3, Th1 4:9, Th1 4:10; Th2 1:3; Plm 1:5; Pe1 1:21-23; Jo1 3:14, Jo1 3:23; Jo1 4:16

the love: Heb 6:10

Colossians 1:5

col 1:5

the hope: Col 1:23, Col 1:27; Act 23:6, Act 24:15, Act 26:6, Act 26:7; Co1 13:13, Co1 15:19; Gal 5:5; Eph 1:18, Eph 1:19; Th2 2:16; Heb 7:19; Pe1 3:15; Jo1 3:3

laid: Psa 31:19; Mat 6:19, Mat 6:20; Luk 12:33; Ti2 4:8; Pe1 1:3, Pe1 1:4

the word: Col 3:16; Act 10:36, Act 13:26; Rom 10:8; Co2 5:19, Co2 6:7; Eph 1:13; Th1 2:13; Ti1 1:15; Pe1 2:2

Colossians 1:6

col 1:6

is come: Col 1:23; Psa 98:3; Mat 24:14, Mat 28:19; Mar 16:15; Rom 10:18, Rom 15:19, Rom 16:26; Co2 10:14

bringeth: Col 1:10; Mar 4:8, Mar 4:26-29; Joh 15:16; Act 12:24; Rom 1:13, Rom 15:28; Eph 5:9; Phi 1:11, Phi 4:17

since: Rom 10:17

knew: Psa 110:3; Act 11:18, Act 16:14, Act 26:18; Co1 15:10,Co1 15:11; Co2 6:1; Eph 3:2; Eph 4:23; Th1 1:5, Th1 2:13; Th2 2:13; Tit 2:11, Tit 2:12; Pe1 1:2, Pe1 1:3, Pe1 5:12

in truth: Joh 4:23

Colossians 1:7

col 1:7

Epaphras: Col 4:12; Plm 1:23

our: Phi 2:19-22, Phi 2:25

a: Num 12:7; Mat 24:45, Mat 25:21; Co1 4:2, Co1 4:17, Co1 7:25; Co2 11:23; Eph 5:21; Ti1 4:6; Ti2 2:2; Heb 2:17, Heb 3:2

Colossians 1:8

col 1:8

Col 1:4; Rom 5:5, Rom 15:30; Gal 5:22; Ti2 1:7; Pe1 1:22

Colossians 1:9

col 1:9

since: Col 1:3, Col 1:4, Col 1:6; Rom 1:8-10; Eph 1:15, Eph 1:16

do: Sa1 12:23; Act 12:5; Phi 1:4; Th1 1:3, Th1 5:17; Th2 1:11; Ti2 1:3, Ti2 1:4; Plm 1:4

that ye: Co1 1:5; Eph 1:15-20, Eph 3:14-19; Phi 1:9-11

of his: Col 4:12; Psa 143:10; Joh 7:17; Rom 12:2; Eph 5:10,Eph 5:17, Eph 6:6; Heb 10:36; Heb 13:21; Pe1 2:15, Pe1 4:2; Jo1 2:17

wisdom: Col 3:16, Col 4:5; Psa 119:99; Eph 1:8; Jam 1:5, Jam 3:17

spiritual: Jo1 5:20

Colossians 1:10

col 1:10

ye: Col 2:6, Col 4:5; Mic 4:5; Rom 4:12, Rom 6:4; Eph 4:1, Eph 5:2, Eph 5:15; Phi 1:27; Th1 2:12

all: Col 3:20; Pro 16:7; Phi 4:18; Th1 4:1; Ti2 2:4; Heb 11:5, Heb 13:16; Jo1 3:22

fruitful: Joh 15:8, Joh 15:16; Gal 5:22, Gal 5:23; Eph 2:10; Phi 1:11; Tit 3:1, Tit 3:14; Heb 13:21; Pe2 1:8

increasing: Col 2:19; Isa 53:11; Dan 12:4; Hab 2:14; Joh 17:3; Co2 2:14, Co2 4:6, Co2 9:8; Eph 1:17, Eph 4:13; Pe2 1:2, Pe2 1:3, Pe2 3:18; Jo1 5:20

Colossians 1:11

col 1:11

Strengthened: Isa 45:24; Co2 12:9; Eph 3:16, Eph 6:10; Phi 4:13

his: Exo 15:6; Psa 63:2; Act 1:8; Co2 4:7; Jde 1:25

unto: Pro 24:10; Act 5:41; Rom 2:7, Rom 5:3-5; Co2 6:4-6, Co2 12:9, Co2 12:10; Eph 4:2; Th1 3:3, Th1 3:4; Ti2 2:1-3; Heb 10:34-38, Heb 11:34-38, Heb 12:1, Heb 12:2; Jam 1:2-4; Jam 5:7, Jam 5:8; Pe2 1:6; Rev 14:12

Colossians 1:12

col 1:12

Giving: Col 3:15, Col 3:17; Ch1 29:20; Psa 79:13, Psa 107:21, Psa 107:22, Psa 116:7; Dan 2:23; Eph 5:4, Eph 5:20

the Father: Col 2:2; Joh 4:23, Joh 14:6, Joh 20:17; Co1 8:6; Eph 4:6; Jam 3:9; Jo1 1:3

made: Kg1 6:7; Pro 16:1; Rom 8:29, Rom 8:30, Rom 9:23; Co2 5:5; Tit 2:14; Rev 22:14

partakers: Rom 11:17, Rom 15:27; Co1 9:23; Eph 3:6; Heb 3:1, Heb 3:14; Pe1 5:1; Jo1 3:1-3

inheritance: Mat 25:34; Act 20:32, Act 26:18; Rom 8:17; Eph 1:11, Eph 1:18; Pe1 1:2-5

in: Psa 36:9, Psa 97:11; Pro 4:18; Isa 60:19, Isa 60:20; Heb 12:23; Rev 21:23, Rev 22:5

Colossians 1:13

col 1:13

delivered: Isa 49:24, Isa 49:25, Isa 53:12; Mat 12:29, Mat 12:30; Act 26:18; Heb 2:14

the power: Luk 22:53; Joh 12:31, Joh 12:32; Co2 4:4; Eph 4:18, Eph 5:8, Eph 6:12; Pe1 2:9; Jo1 2:8, Jo1 3:8

and: Luk 13:24; Joh 5:24; Rom 6:17-22; Co1 6:9-11; Co2 6:17, Co2 6:18; Eph 2:3-10; Th1 2:12; Tit 3:3-6; Pe2 1:11; Jo1 3:14

the kingdom: Psa 2:6, Psa 2:7; Isa 9:6, Isa 9:7; Dan 7:13, Dan 7:14; Zac 9:9; Mat 25:34; Rom 14:17; Co1 15:23-25

his dear Son: Gr. the Son of his love, Isa 42:1; Mat 3:17, Mat 17:5; Joh 3:35, Joh 17:24; Eph 1:6

Colossians 1:14

col 1:14

whom: Mat 20:28; Act 20:28; Rom 3:24, Rom 3:25; Gal 3:13; Eph 1:7, Eph 5:2; Ti1 2:6; Tit 2:14; Heb 9:12, Heb 9:22, Heb 10:12-14; Pe1 1:19, Pe1 1:20, Pe1 3:18; Jo1 2:2; Rev 1:5, Rev 5:9, Rev 14:4

the: Col 2:13, Col 3:13; Psa 32:1, Psa 32:2, Psa 130:4; Luk 5:20, Luk 7:47-50; Act 2:38, Act 10:43; Act 13:38, Act 13:39, Act 26:18; Rom 4:6-8; Eph 4:32; Jo1 1:9, Jo1 2:12

Colossians 1:15

col 1:15

the image: Exo 24:10; Num 12:8; Eze 1:26-28; Joh 1:18, Joh 14:9, Joh 15:24; Co2 4:4, Co2 4:6; Phi 2:6; Heb 1:3

the invisible: Ti1 1:17, Ti1 6:16; Heb 11:27

the firstborn: Col 1:13; Psa 89:27; Joh 1:14, Joh 3:16; Heb 1:6

of every: Col 1:16, Col 1:17; Pro 8:29-31; Rev 3:14

Colossians 1:16

col 1:16

by him were: Col 1:15; Psa 102:25-27; Isa 40:9-12, Isa 44:24; Joh 1:3; Co1 8:6; Eph 3:9; Heb 1:2, Heb 1:10-12, Heb 3:3, Heb 3:4

in heaven: Col 1:20; Deu 4:39; Ch1 29:11; Eph 1:10; Phi 2:10; Rev 5:13, Rev 5:14

thrones: Col 2:10,Col 2:15; Rom 8:38; Eph 1:21, Eph 3:10, Eph 6:12; Pe1 3:22

by: Pro 16:4; Isa 43:21; Rom 11:36; Heb 2:10

Colossians 1:17

col 1:17

he: Col 1:15; Pro 8:22, Pro 8:23; Isa 43:11-13, Isa 44:6; Mic 5:2; Joh 1:1-3, Joh 8:58, Joh 17:5; Co1 8:6; Heb 13:8; Rev 1:8, Rev 1:11, Rev 1:17, Rev 2:8

and by: Sa1 2:8; Psa 75:3; Joh 5:17, Joh 5:18; Act 17:28; Heb 1:3

Colossians 1:18

col 1:18

he is: Col 1:24, Col 2:10-14; Co1 11:3; Eph 1:10,Eph 1:22, Eph 1:23, Eph 4:15, Eph 4:16, Eph 5:23

the beginning: Joh 1:1; Jo1 1:1; Rev 1:8, Rev 3:14, Rev 21:6, Rev 22:13

the firstborn: Joh 11:25, Joh 11:26; Act 26:23; Co1 15:20-23; Rev 1:5, Rev 1:18

in all: or, among all, Psa 45:2-5, Psa 89:27; Sol 5:10; Isa 52:13; Mat 23:8, Mat 28:18; Joh 1:16, Joh 1:27; Joh 3:29-31, Joh 3:34, Joh 3:35; Rom 8:29; Co1 15:25; Heb 1:5, Heb 1:6; Rev 5:9-13, Rev 11:15; Rev 21:23, Rev 21:24

Colossians 1:19

col 1:19

Col 2:3, Col 2:9, Col 3:11; Mat 11:25-27; Luk 10:21; Joh 1:16, Joh 3:34; Eph 1:3, Eph 1:23, Eph 4:10

Colossians 1:20

col 1:20

having made peace: or making peace, Col 1:21, Col 1:22; Lev 6:30; Psa 85:10,Psa 85:11; Isa 9:6, Isa 9:7; Eze 45:17-20; Dan 9:24-26; Mic 5:2, Mic 5:5; Zac 9:9, Zac 9:10; Luk 2:14; Act 10:30; Rom 5:1; Co2 5:19-21; Eph 2:13-17; Heb 13:20,Heb 13:21; Jo1 4:9, Jo1 4:10

reconcile: Co2 5:18; Heb 2:17

things in earth: Eph 1:10; Phi 2:10

Colossians 1:21

col 1:21

sometime: Rom 1:30, Rom 5:9, Rom 5:10, Rom 8:7, Rom 8:8; Co1 6:9-11; Eph 2:1, Eph 2:2, Eph 2:12, Eph 2:19, Eph 4:18; Tit 3:3-7; Jam 4:4

in your mind by: or, by your mind in, Tit 1:15, Tit 1:16

Colossians 1:22

col 1:22

the body: Rom 7:4; Eph 2:15, Eph 2:16; Heb 10:10,Heb 10:20

to: Luk 1:75; Co2 11:2; Eph 1:4, Eph 5:27; Th1 4:7; Tit 2:14; Pe2 3:14; Jde 1:24

in his: Job 15:15, Job 25:5; Psa 51:7; Heb 13:21

Colossians 1:23

col 1:23

ye continue: Psa 92:13, Psa 92:14, Psa 125:5; Eze 18:26; Hos 6:3, Hos 6:4; Zep 1:6; Mat 24:13; Luk 8:13-15, Luk 22:32; Joh 8:30-32, Joh 15:9, Joh 15:10; Act 11:23, Act 14:22; Rom 2:7; Gal 4:11, Gal 5:7, Gal 6:9; Th1 3:5; Heb 3:6, Heb 3:14, Heb 4:14, Heb 10:38; Pe1 1:5; Pe2 2:18-22; Jo1 2:27; Rev 2:10

grounded: Col 2:7; Mat 7:24, Mat 7:25; Luk 6:48; Eph 2:21, Eph 3:17, Eph 4:16

moved: Joh 15:6; Act 20:24; Co1 15:58; Th1 3:3

the hope: Col 1:5; Rom 5:5; Gal 5:5; Eph 1:18; Th1 5:8; Th2 2:16; Tit 3:7; Heb 6:19; Pe1 1:3; Jo1 3:1-3

to: Col 1:6; Mat 24:14; Mar 16:15; Rom 10:18

under: Deu 2:25, Deu 4:19; Lam 3:66; Act 2:5, Act 4:12

whereof: Col 1:25; Act 1:17, Act 1:25, Act 26:16; Rom 15:16; Co1 4:1-3; Co2 3:6, Co2 4:1, Co2 5:18-20; Co2 6:1, Co2 11:23; Eph 3:7, Eph 3:8; Ti1 1:12, Ti1 2:7; Ti2 1:11, Ti2 1:12, Ti2 4:5, Ti2 4:6

Colossians 1:24

col 1:24

rejoice: Mat 5:11, Mat 5:12; Act 5:41; Rom 5:3; Co2 7:4; Eph 3:1, Eph 3:13; Phi 2:17, Phi 2:18; Jam 1:2

fill: Co2 1:5-8, Co2 4:8-12, Co2 11:23-27; Phi 3:10; Ti2 1:8, Ti2 2:9, Ti2 2:10

for: Col 1:18; Eph 1:23

Colossians 1:25

col 1:25

I am: Col 1:23; Th1 3:2; Ti1 4:6

according: Rom 15:15-18; Co1 9:17; Gal 2:7, Gal 2:8; Eph 3:2

to fulfil: or, fully to preach, Rom 15:19; Ti2 4:2-5

Colossians 1:26

col 1:26

the mystery: Rom 16:25, Rom 16:26; Co1 2:7; Eph 3:3-10

now: Psa 25:14; Mat 13:11; Mar 4:11; Luk 8:10; Ti2 1:10

Colossians 1:27

col 1:27

whom: Co1 2:12-14; Co2 2:14, Co2 4:6; Gal 1:15, Gal 1:16

the riches: Col 2:3; Rom 9:23, Rom 11:33; Eph 1:7, Eph 1:17, Eph 1:18, Eph 3:8-10,Eph 3:16; Phi 4:19

Christ: Col 3:11; Luk 17:21; Joh 6:56, Joh 14:17, Joh 14:20,Joh 14:23, Joh 15:2-5, Joh 17:22, Joh 17:23, Joh 17:26; Rom 8:10; Co1 3:16; Co2 6:16; Gal 2:20, Gal 4:19; Eph 2:22, Eph 3:17; Jo1 4:4; Rev 3:20

in you: or, among you

the hope: Col 1:5; Psa 16:9-11; Rom 5:2, Rom 8:18, Rom 8:19; Co2 4:17; Ti1 1:1; Pe1 1:3, Pe1 1:4

Colossians 1:28

col 1:28

Whom: Act 3:20, Act 5:42, Act 8:5, Act 8:35, Act 9:20, Act 10:36, Act 11:20, Act 13:38, Act 17:3, Act 17:18; Rom 16:25; Co1 1:23, Co1 15:12; Co2 4:5, Co2 10:14; Eph 3:8; Phi 1:15-18; Ti1 3:16

warning: Jer 6:10; Eze 3:17-21, Eze 33:4-9; Mat 3:7; Act 20:27, Act 20:28, Act 20:31; Co1 4:14; Th1 4:6, Th1 5:12-14

teaching: Deu 4:5; Eze 7:10; Ecc 12:9; Mat 28:20; Mar 6:34; Eph 4:11; Ti1 3:2; Ti2 2:24, Ti2 2:25

in all: Pro 8:5; Jer 3:15; Luk 21:15; Co1 2:6, Co1 2:15, Co1 12:8; Pe2 3:15

we may: Col 1:22; Co2 11:2; Eph 5:27

perfect: Col 2:10; Co1 1:30; Eph 4:12, Eph 4:13; Heb 10:14, Heb 13:21

Colossians 1:29

col 1:29

labour: Col 4:12; Co1 15:10; Co2 5:9, Co2 6:5, Co2 11:23; Phi 2:16; Th1 2:9; Th2 3:8; Ti2 2:10; Rev 2:3

striving: Col 2:1; Luk 13:24; Rom 15:20,Rom 15:30; Co1 9:25-27; Phi 1:27, Phi 1:30; Heb 12:4

his: Co1 12:6, Co1 12:11; Eph 1:19, Eph 3:7, Eph 3:20; Phi 2:13; Heb 13:21

mightily: Co2 12:9, Co2 12:10, Co2 13:3


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