Colossians 2:5
For though I am separated from you in the flesh, yet I am with you in spirit; and I rejoice at beholding your good order, and the stability of your faith in the Messiah.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
4And this I say, lest any one should mislead you by the persuasiveness of words.
6As therefore ye have received Jesus the Messiah our Lord, walk ye in him,
Cross References
1 Corinthians 5:3And I, while distant from you in body but present with you in spirit, have already, as if present, judged him who perpetrateth this deed;
1 Corinthians 14:40But let every thing be done with decency and regularity.
1 Corinthians 16:13Watch ye, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be valiant.
Matthew Henry on Colossians 2:5-13
The Glory of the Christian Economy. ( a. d. 62.) 4 And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with enticing words. 5 For though I be absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, joying and beholding your order, and the stedfastness of your faith in Christ. 6 As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him: 7 Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving. 8 Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and… Read the whole commentary →