Colossians 2:1

For I would have you know how great a contest I am waging for you and the brethren in Laodicea, and for all who have never seen my face.

Montgomery New Testament

In The King James Version

For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh;

In Context

2May their hearts be comforted! May they be knit together in love! May they gain in all its riches the full assurance of their understanding! May they come to a perfect knowledge of the secret truth of God, which is Christ himself.

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Cross References

Acts 20:25And now I know that not one of you among whom I went about preaching the kingdom, will ever see my face again.

Galatians 4:19O my little children, of whom I travail again in birth until Christ be formed within you!

Colossians 1:24I am now rejoicing in my sufferings on your behalf; and I am filling up in my own body what is yet lacking of the sufferings of Christ in behalf of the church, his Body.

Colossians 2:5For though I am absent from you in body, I am with you in spirit, happy to note your discipline and the solid front of your faith in Christ.

Matthew Henry on Colossians 2:1

I. The apostle expresses concern for the Colossians, ver. 1-3 . II. He repeats it again, ver. 5 . III. He cautions them against false teachers among the Jews ( ver. 4 , 6 , 7 ), and against the Gentile philosophy, ver. 8-12 . IV. He represents the privileges of Christians, ver. 13-15 . And, V. Concludes with a caution against the judaizing teachers, and those who would introduce the worship of angels, ver. 16-23 . Read the whole commentary →

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