Colossians 2:19 Cross References
Colossians 2:19
19: But they are not connected to Christ, the head of the body. For we are joined together in his body by his strong sinews, and we grow only as we get our nourishment and strength from God.
Ephesians 4:15
- Instead, we will hold to the truth in love, becoming more and more in every way like Christ, who is the head of his body, the church.
- 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 Peter 3:18
- But grow in the special favor and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be all glory and honor, both now and forevermore. Amen.
1 Peter 3:8
- Finally, all of you should be of one mind, full of sympathy toward each other, loving one another with tender hearts and humble minds.
John 17:21
- My prayer for all of them is that they will be one, just as you and I are one, Father--that just as you are in me and I am in you, so they will be in us, and the world will believe you sent me.
Romans 12:4
- Just as our bodies have many parts and each part has a special function,
- so it is with Christ's body. We are all parts of his one body, and each of us has different work to do. And since we are all one body in Christ, we belong to each other, and each of us needs all the others.
John 15:4
- Remain in me, and I will remain in you. For a branch cannot produce fruit if it is severed from the vine, and you cannot be fruitful apart from me.
- "Yes, I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit. For apart from me you can do nothing.
- 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 Timothy 2:4
- for he wants everyone to be saved and to understand the truth.
- For there is only one God and one Mediator who can reconcile God and people. He is the man Christ Jesus.
- He gave his life to purchase freedom for everyone. This is the message that God gave to the world at the proper time.
1 Corinthians 3:6
- My job was to plant the seed in your hearts, and Apollos watered it, but it was God, not we, who made it grow.
1 Corinthians 10:16
- When we bless the cup at the Lord's Table, aren't we sharing in the benefits of the blood of Christ? And when we break the loaf of bread, aren't we sharing in the benefits of the body of Christ?
- And we all eat from one loaf, showing that we are one body.
Acts 4:32
- All the believers were of one heart and mind, and they felt that what they owned was not their own; they shared everything they had.
Ephesians 4:3
- Always keep yourselves united in the Holy Spirit, and bind yourselves together with peace.
Galatians 5:2
- Listen! I, Paul, tell you this: If you are counting on circumcision to make you right with God, then Christ cannot help you.
- I'll say it again. If you are trying to find favor with God by being circumcised, you must obey all of the regulations in the whole law of Moses.
- For if you are trying to make yourselves right with God by keeping the law, you have been cut off from Christ! You have fallen away from God's grace.
Galatians 1:6
- I am shocked that you are turning away so soon from God, who in his love and mercy called you to share the eternal life he gives through Christ. You are already following a different way
- that pretends to be the Good News but is not the Good News at all. You are being fooled by those who twist and change the truth concerning Christ.
- Let God's curse fall on anyone, including myself, who preaches any other message than the one we told you about. Even if an angel comes from heaven and preaches any other message, let him be forever cursed.
- I will say it again: If anyone preaches any other gospel than the one you welcomed, let God's curse fall upon that person.
Colossians 1:10
- Then the way you live will always honor and please the Lord, and you will continually do good, kind things for others. All the while, you will learn to know God better and better.
Colossians 1:18
- Christ is the head of the church, which is his body. He is the first of all who will rise from the dead, so he is first in everything.
Philippians 1:27
- But whatever happens to me, you must live in a manner worthy of the Good News about Christ, as citizens of heaven. Then, whether I come and see you again or only hear about you, I will know that you are standing side by side, fighting together for the Good News.
1 Thessalonians 3:12
- And may the Lord make your love grow and overflow to each other and to everyone else, just as our love overflows toward you.
2 Thessalonians 1:3
- Dear brothers and sisters, we always thank God for you, as is right, for we are thankful that your faith is flourishing and you are all growing in love for each other.
Psalms 139:15
- You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion, as I was woven together in the dark of the womb.
- You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed.
Colossians 2:6
- And now, just as you accepted Christ Jesus as your Lord, you must continue to live in obedience to him.
- 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.
- Don't let anyone lead you astray with empty philosophy and high-sounding nonsense that come from human thinking and from the evil powers of this world, and not from Christ.
- For in Christ the fullness of God lives in a human body,
Philippians 2:2
- Then make me truly happy by agreeing wholeheartedly with each other, loving one another, and working together with one heart and purpose.
- Don't be selfish; don't live to make a good impression on others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourself.
- Don't think only about your own affairs, but be interested in others, too, and what they are doing.
- Your attitude should be the same that Christ Jesus had.
Job 19:9
- He has stripped me of my honor and removed the crown from my head.
- He has demolished me on every side, and I am finished. He has destroyed my hope.
- His fury burns against me; he counts me as an enemy.
- His troops advance. They build up roads to attack me. They camp all around my tent.
1 Thessalonians 4:10
- Indeed, your love is already strong toward all the Christians in all of Macedonia. Even so, dear brothers and sisters, we beg you to love them more and more.
Ephesians 1:22
- And God has put all things under the authority of Christ, and he gave him this authority for the benefit of the church.
Colossians 2:2
- My goal is that they will be encouraged and knit together by strong ties of love. I want them to have full confidence because they have complete understanding of God's secret plan, which is Christ himself.
1 Corinthians 12:12
- The human body has many parts, but the many parts make up only one body. So it is with the body of Christ.
- Some of us are Jews, some are Gentiles, some are slaves, and some are free. But we have all been baptized into Christ's body by one Spirit, and we have all received the same Spirit.
- Yes, the body has many different parts, not just one part.
- If the foot says, "I am not a part of the body because I am not a hand," that does not make it any less a part of the body.
- And if the ear says, "I am not part of the body because I am only an ear and not an eye," would that make it any less a part of the body?
Romans 11:17
- But some of these branches from Abraham's tree, some of the Jews, have been broken off. And you Gentiles, who were branches from a wild olive tree, were grafted in. So now you also receive the blessing God has promised Abraham and his children, sharing in God's rich nourishment of his special olive tree.
Ephesians 5:29
- No one hates his own body but lovingly cares for it, just as Christ cares for his body, which is the church.
1 Corinthians 1:10
- Now, dear brothers and sisters, I appeal to you by the authority of the Lord Jesus Christ to stop arguing among yourselves. Let there be real harmony so there won't be divisions in the church. I plead with you to be of one mind, united in thought and purpose.