Colossians 2:5

For although, as you say, I am absent from you in body, yet in spirit I am present with you and am delighted to witness your good discipline and the solid front presented by your faith in Christ.

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

4I say this to prevent your being misled by any one's plausible sophistry.

6As therefore you have received the Christ, even Jesus our Lord, live and act in vital union with Him;

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 5:3I for my part, present with you in spirit although absent in body, have already, as though I were present, judged him who has so acted.

1 Corinthians 14:40only let everything be done in a becoming and orderly manner.

1 Corinthians 16:13Be on the alert; stand firm in the faith; acquit yourselves like men; be strong.

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 →

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