Colossians 1:23 Cross References
Colossians 1:23
23: But you must continue to believe this truth and stand in it firmly. Don't drift away from the assurance you received when you heard the Good News. The Good News has been preached all over the world, and I, Paul, have been appointed by God to proclaim it.
Hebrews 3:14
- For if we are faithful to the end, trusting God just as firmly as when we first believed, we will share in all that belongs to Christ.
Hebrews 3:6
- But Christ, the faithful Son, was in charge of the entire household. And we are God's household, if we keep up our courage and remain confident in our hope in Christ.
Colossians 1:5
- You do this because you are looking forward to the joys of heaven--as you have been ever since you first heard the truth of the Good News.
- This same Good News that came to you is going out all over the world. It is changing lives everywhere, just as it changed yours that very first day you heard and understood the truth about God's great kindness to sinners.
Matthew 24:13
- But those who endure to the end will be saved.
- And the Good News about the Kingdom will be preached throughout the whole world, so that all nations will hear it; and then, finally, the end will come.
Romans 10:18
- But what about the Jews? Have they actually heard the message? Yes, they have: "The message of God's creation has gone out to everyone, and its words to all the world."
Hebrews 10:38
- And a righteous person will live by faith. But I will have no pleasure in anyone who turns away."
Ephesians 3:17
- And I pray that Christ will be more and more at home in your hearts as you trust in him. May your roots go down deep into the soil of God's marvelous love.
Galatians 6:9
- So don't get tired of doing what is good. Don't get discouraged and give up, for we will reap a harvest of blessing at the appropriate time.
Acts 14:22
- where they strengthened the believers. They encouraged them to continue in the faith, reminding them that they must enter into the Kingdom of God through many tribulations.
2 Corinthians 3:6
- He is the one who has enabled us to represent his new covenant. This is a covenant, not of written laws, but of the Spirit. The old way ends in death; in the new way, the Holy Spirit gives life.
Ephesians 1:18
- I pray that your hearts will be flooded with light so that you can understand the wonderful future he has promised to those he called. I want you to realize what a rich and glorious inheritance he has given to his people.
Hebrews 6:19
- This confidence is like a strong and trustworthy anchor for our souls. It leads us through the curtain of heaven into God's inner sanctuary.
1 Thessalonians 3:5
- That is why, when I could bear it no longer, I sent Timothy to find out whether your faith was still strong. I was afraid that the Tempter had gotten the best of you and that all our work had been useless.
Acts 2:5
- Godly Jews from many nations were living in Jerusalem at that time.
1 Peter 1:5
- And God, in his mighty power, will protect you until you receive this salvation, because you are trusting him. It will be revealed on the last day for all to see.
Colossians 1:25
- God has given me the responsibility of serving his church by proclaiming his message in all its fullness to you Gentiles.
Colossians 2:7
- Let your roots grow down into him and draw up nourishment from him, so you will grow in faith, strong and vigorous in the truth you were taught. Let your lives overflow with thanksgiving for all he has done.
John 8:30
- Then many who heard him say these things believed in him.
- Jesus said to the people who believed in him, "You are truly my disciples if you keep obeying my teachings.
- And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free."
Revelation 2:10
- Don't be afraid of what you are about to suffer. The Devil will throw some of you into prison and put you to the test. You will be persecuted for 'ten days.' Remain faithful even when facing death, and I will give you the crown of life.
John 15:9
- "I have loved you even as the Father has loved me. Remain in my love.
- When you obey me, you remain in my love, just as I obey my Father and remain in his love.
Luke 22:32
- But I have pleaded in prayer for you, Simon, that your faith should not fail. So when you have repented and turned to me again, strengthen and build up your brothers."
Ephesians 3:7
- By God's special favor and mighty power, I have been given the wonderful privilege of serving him by spreading this Good News.
- Just think! Though I did nothing to deserve it, and though I am the least deserving Christian there is, I was chosen for this special joy of telling the Gentiles about the endless treasures available to them in Christ.
John 15:6
- Anyone who parts from me is thrown away like a useless branch and withers. Such branches are gathered into a pile to be burned.
1 Peter 1:3
- All honor to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, for it is by his boundless mercy that God has given us the privilege of being born again. Now we live with a wonderful expectation because Jesus Christ rose again from the dead.
Deuteronomy 2:25
- Beginning today I will make all people throughout the earth terrified of you. When they hear reports about you, they will tremble with dread and fear.'
1 John 3:1
- See how very much our heavenly Father loves us, for he allows us to be called his children, and we really are! But the people who belong to this world don't know God, so they don't understand that we are his children.
- Yes, dear friends, we are already God's children, and we can't even imagine what we will be like when Christ returns. But we do know that when he comes we will be like him, for we will see him as he really is.
- And all who believe this will keep themselves pure, just as Christ is pure.
2 Corinthians 6:1
- As God's partners, we beg you not to reject this marvelous message of God's great kindness.
Mark 16:15
- And then he told them, "Go into all the world and preach the Good News to everyone, everywhere.
Deuteronomy 4:19
- And when you look up into the sky and see the sun, moon, and stars--all the forces of heaven--don't be seduced by them and worship them. The LORD your God designated these heavenly bodies for all the peoples of the earth.
Galatians 5:7
- You were getting along so well. Who has interfered with you to hold you back from following the truth?
1 Timothy 1:12
- How thankful I am to Christ Jesus our Lord for considering me trustworthy and appointing me to serve him,
2 Timothy 4:5
- But you should keep a clear mind in every situation. Don't be afraid of suffering for the Lord. Work at bringing others to Christ. Complete the ministry God has given you.
- As for me, my life has already been poured out as an offering to God. The time of my death is near.
Lamentations 3:66
- Chase them down in your anger, destroying them from beneath the LORD's heavens.
Acts 1:17
- Judas was one of us, chosen to share in the ministry with us."
Romans 15:16
- a special messenger from Christ Jesus to you Gentiles. I bring you the Good News and offer you up as a fragrant sacrifice to God so that you might be pure and pleasing to him by the Holy Spirit.
Hosea 6:3
- Oh, that we might know the LORD! Let us press on to know him! Then he will respond to us as surely as the arrival of dawn or the coming of rains in early spring."
- "O Israel and Judah, what should I do with you?" asks the LORD. "For your love vanishes like the morning mist and disappears like dew in the sunlight.
Acts 20:24
- But my life is worth nothing unless I use it for doing the work assigned me by the Lord Jesus--the work of telling others the Good News about God's wonderful kindness and love.
Hebrews 4:14
- That is why we have a great High Priest who has gone to heaven, Jesus the Son of God. Let us cling to him and never stop trusting him.
1 Corinthians 4:1
- So look at Apollos and me as mere servants of Christ who have been put in charge of explaining God's secrets.
- Now, a person who is put in charge as a manager must be faithful.
- What about me? Have I been faithful? Well, it matters very little what you or anyone else thinks. I don't even trust my own judgment on this point.
Matthew 7:24
- "Anyone who listens to my teaching and obeys me is wise, like a person who builds a house on solid rock.
- Though the rain comes in torrents and the floodwaters rise and the winds beat against that house, it won't collapse, because it is built on rock.
Zephaniah 1:6
- And I will destroy those who used to worship me but now no longer do. They no longer ask for the LORD's guidance or seek my blessings."
Galatians 4:11
- I fear for you. I am afraid that all my hard work for you was worth nothing.
Psalms 92:13
- For they are transplanted into the LORD's own house. They flourish in the courts of our God.
- Even in old age they will still produce fruit; they will remain vital and green.
Acts 1:25
- as an apostle to replace Judas the traitor in this ministry, for he has deserted us and gone where he belongs."
Acts 26:16
- Now stand up! For I have appeared to you to appoint you as my servant and my witness. You are to tell the world about this experience and about other times I will appear to you.
Psalms 125:5
- But banish those who turn to crooked ways, O LORD. Take them away with those who do evil. And let Israel have quietness and peace.
1 Timothy 2:7
- And I have been chosen--this is the absolute truth--as a preacher and apostle to teach the Gentiles about faith and truth.
1 Corinthians 15:58
- So, my dear brothers and sisters, be strong and steady, always enthusiastic about the Lord's work, for you know that nothing you do for the Lord is ever useless.
Romans 2:7
- He will give eternal life to those who persist in doing what is good, seeking after the glory and honor and immortality that God offers.
2 Corinthians 5:18
- All this newness of life is from God, who brought us back to himself through what Christ did. And God has given us the task of reconciling people to him.
- For God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, no longer counting people's sins against them. This is the wonderful message he has given us to tell others.
- We are Christ's ambassadors, and God is using us to speak to you. We urge you, as though Christ himself were here pleading with you, "Be reconciled to God!"
2 Peter 2:18
- They brag about themselves with empty, foolish boasting. With lustful desire as their bait, they lure back into sin those who have just escaped from such wicked living.
- They promise freedom, but they themselves are slaves to sin and corruption. For you are a slave to whatever controls you.
- And when people escape from the wicked ways of the world by learning about our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and then get tangled up with sin and become its slave again, they are worse off than before.
- It would be better if they had never known the right way to live than to know it and then reject the holy commandments that were given to them.
- They make these proverbs come true: "A dog returns to its vomit," and "A washed pig returns to the mud."
Romans 5:5
- And this expectation will not disappoint us. For we know how dearly God loves us, because he has given us the Holy Spirit to fill our hearts with his love.
Ezekiel 18:26
- When righteous people turn from being good and start doing sinful things, they will die for it. Yes, they will die because of their sinful deeds.
Acts 4:12
- There is salvation in no one else! There is no other name in all of heaven for people to call on to save them."
Ephesians 4:16
- Under his direction, the whole body is fitted together perfectly. As each part does its own special work, it helps the other parts grow, so that the whole body is healthy and growing and full of love.
2 Thessalonians 2:16
- May our Lord Jesus Christ and God our Father, who loved us and in his special favor gave us everlasting comfort and good hope,
Luke 8:13
- The rocky soil represents those who hear the message with joy. But like young plants in such soil, their roots don't go very deep. They believe for a while, but they wilt when the hot winds of testing blow.
- The thorny ground represents those who hear and accept the message, but all too quickly the message is crowded out by the cares and riches and pleasures of this life. And so they never grow into maturity.
- But the good soil represents honest, good-hearted people who hear God's message, cling to it, and steadily produce a huge harvest.
2 Corinthians 11:23
- They say they serve Christ? I know I sound like a madman, but I have served him far more! I have worked harder, been put in jail more often, been whipped times without number, and faced death again and again.
Titus 3:7
- He declared us not guilty because of his great kindness. And now we know that we will inherit eternal life.
1 Thessalonians 3:3
- and to keep you from becoming disturbed by the troubles you were going through. But, of course, you know that such troubles are going to happen to us Christians.
Acts 11:23
- When he arrived and saw this proof of God's favor, he was filled with joy, and he encouraged the believers to stay true to the Lord.
1 John 2:27
- But you have received the Holy Spirit, and he lives within you, so you don't need anyone to teach you what is true. For the Spirit teaches you all things, and what he teaches is true--it is not a lie. So continue in what he has taught you, and continue to live in Christ.
2 Corinthians 4:1
- And so, since God in his mercy has given us this wonderful ministry, we never give up.
1 Thessalonians 5:8
- But let us who live in the light think clearly, protected by the body armor of faith and love, and wearing as our helmet the confidence of our salvation.
1 Corinthians 3:5
- Who is Apollos, and who is Paul, that we should be the cause of such quarrels? Why, we're only servants. Through us God caused you to believe. Each of us did the work the Lord gave us.
Galatians 5:5
- But we who live by the Spirit eagerly wait to receive everything promised to us who are right with God through faith.
Luke 6:48
- It is like a person who builds a house on a strong foundation laid upon the underlying rock. When the floodwaters rise and break against the house, it stands firm because it is well built.
Ephesians 2:21
- We who believe are carefully joined together, becoming a holy temple for the Lord.
2 Timothy 1:11
- And God chose me to be a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher of this Good News.
- And that is why I am suffering here in prison. But I am not ashamed of it, for I know the one in whom I trust, and I am sure that he is able to guard what I have entrusted to him until the day of his return.