Bible Cross References
Epaphras
Colossians 1:7
You learned of God's grace from Epaphras, our dear fellow servant, who is Christ's faithful worker on our behalf.
Philemon 1:23
Epaphras, who is in prison with me for the sake of Christ Jesus, sends you his greetings,
a servant
John 12:26
Whoever wants to serve me must follow me, so that my servant will be with me where I am. And my Father will honor anyone who serves me.
Galatians 1:10
Does this sound as if I am trying to win human approval? No indeed! What I want is God's approval! Am I trying to be popular with people? If I were still trying to do so, I would not be a servant of Christ.
James 1:1
From James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ: Greetings to all God's people scattered over the whole world.
2 Peter 1:1
From Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ--- To those who through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ have been given a faith as precious as ours:
always
Colossians 4:2
Be persistent in prayer, and keep alert as you pray, giving thanks to God.
Luke 22:44
In great anguish he prayed even more fervently; his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground.
Galatians 4:19
My dear children! Once again, just like a mother in childbirth, I feel the same kind of pain for you until Christ's nature is formed in you.
Hebrews 5:7
In his life on earth Jesus made his prayers and requests with loud cries and tears to God, who could save him from death. Because he was humble and devoted, God heard him.
James 5:16
So then, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you will be healed. The prayer of a good person has a powerful effect.
labouring
Colossians 2:1-23
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Let me tell you how hard I have worked for you and for the people in Laodicea and for all others who do not know me personally.
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I do this in order that they may be filled with courage and may be drawn together in love, and so have the full wealth of assurance which true understanding brings. In this way they will know God's secret, which is Christ himself.
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He is the key that opens all the hidden treasures of God's wisdom and knowledge.
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I tell you, then, do not let anyone deceive you with false arguments, no matter how good they seem to be.
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For even though I am absent in body, yet I am with you in spirit, and I am glad as I see the resolute firmness with which you stand together in your faith in Christ.
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Since you have accepted Christ Jesus as Lord, live in union with him.
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Keep your roots deep in him, build your lives on him, and become stronger in your faith, as you were taught. And be filled with thanksgiving.
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See to it, then, that no one enslaves you by means of the worthless deceit of human wisdom, which comes from the teachings handed down by human beings and from the ruling spirits of the universe, and not from Christ.
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For the full content of divine nature lives in Christ, in his humanity,
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and you have been given full life in union with him. He is supreme over every spiritual ruler and authority.
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In union with Christ you were circumcised, not with the circumcision that is made by human beings, but with the circumcision made by Christ, which consists of being freed from the power of this sinful self.
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For when you were baptized, you were buried with Christ, and in baptism you were also raised with Christ through your faith in the active power of God, who raised him from death.
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You were at one time spiritually dead because of your sins and because you were Gentiles without the Law. But God has now brought you to life with Christ. God forgave us all our sins;
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he canceled the unfavorable record of our debts with its binding rules and did away with it completely by nailing it to the cross.
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And on that cross Christ freed himself from the power of the spiritual rulers and authorities; he made a public spectacle of them by leading them as captives in his victory procession.
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So let no one make rules about what you eat or drink or about holy days or the New Moon Festival or the Sabbath.
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All such things are only a shadow of things in the future; the reality is Christ.
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Do not allow yourselves to be condemned by anyone who claims to be superior because of special visions and who insists on false humility and the worship of angels. For no reason at all, such people are all puffed up by their human way of thinking
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and have stopped holding on to Christ, who is the head of the body. Under Christ's control the whole body is nourished and held together by its joints and ligaments, and it grows as God wants it to grow.
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You have died with Christ and are set free from the ruling spirits of the universe. Why, then, do you live as though you belonged to this world? Why do you obey such rules as
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"Don't handle this," "Don't taste that," "Don't touch the other"?
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All these refer to things which become useless once they are used; they are only human rules and teachings.
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Of course such rules appear to be based on wisdom in their forced worship of angels, and false humility, and severe treatment of the body; but they have no real value in controlling physical passions.
that
Colossians 4:1
Masters, be fair and just in the way you treat your slaves. Remember that you too have a Master in heaven.
Romans 15:30
I urge you, friends, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love that the Spirit gives: join me in praying fervently to God for me.
See on ch
Colossians 1:9
For this reason we have always prayed for you, ever since we heard about you. We ask God to fill you with the knowledge of his will, with all the wisdom and understanding that his Spirit gives.
Colossians 1:22
But now, by means of the physical death of his Son, God has made you his friends, in order to bring you, holy, pure, and faultless, into his presence.
Colossians 1:28
So we preach Christ to everyone. With all possible wisdom we warn and teach them in order to bring each one into God's presence as a mature individual in union with Christ.
Matthew 5:48
You must be perfect---just as your Father in heaven is perfect.
1 Corinthians 2:6
Yet I do proclaim a message of wisdom to those who are spiritually mature. But it is not the wisdom that belongs to this world or to the powers that rule this world---powers that are losing their power.
1 Corinthians 14:20
Do not be like children in your thinking, my friends; be children so far as evil is concerned, but be grown up in your thinking.
2 Corinthians 13:11
And now, my friends, good-bye! Strive for perfection; listen to my appeals; agree with one another; live in peace. And the God of love and peace will be with you.
Philippians 3:12-15
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I do not claim that I have already succeeded or have already become perfect. I keep striving to win the prize for which Christ Jesus has already won me to himself.
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Of course, my friends, I really do not think that I have already won it; the one thing I do, however, is to forget what is behind me and do my best to reach what is ahead.
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So I run straight toward the goal in order to win the prize, which is God's call through Christ Jesus to the life above.
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All of us who are spiritually mature should have this same attitude. But if some of you have a different attitude, God will make this clear to you.
1 Thessalonians 5:23
May the God who gives us peace make you holy in every way and keep your whole being---spirit, soul, and body---free from every fault at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Hebrews 5:14
Solid food, on the other hand, is for adults, who through practice are able to distinguish between good and evil.
Hebrews 6:1
Let us go forward, then, to mature teaching and leave behind us the first lessons of the Christian message. We should not lay again the foundation of turning away from useless works and believing in God;
Jude 1:24
To him who is able to keep you from falling and to bring you faultless and joyful before his glorious presence---
complete
Romans 15:14
My friends: I myself feel sure that you are full of goodness, that you have all knowledge, and that you are able to teach one another.