Colossians 2:19

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Colossians 2:19

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God.

Not

1 Timothy 2:4

All

Ephesians 4:15

Nourishment

John 15:4

Romans 11:17

Ephesians 5:29

Knit

Increaseth

2 Peter 3:18

General references

Luke 5:38

Romans 12:5

Ephesians 5:30

Bible References

Not

As therefore ye have received Christ Jesus the Lord, walk in him,

And he is the head of the body, the church; since he is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that he may be in all things preeminent;

I marvel that ye are so soon turning from him that called you in the grace of Christ, to a different gospel;

Behold, I Paul say to you, that if ye are circumcised, Christ will profit you nothing;

whose will is that all men should be saved, and come to the knowledge of the truth.

All

but cleaving to truth in love, may grow up in all things unto him who is the head, even Christ;

Nourishment

Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, if it abide not in the vine, so neither can ye, unless ye abide in me.

And if some of the branches have been broken off, and thou, a wild olive, hast been grafted in among them, and become a partaker with them of the root and fatness of the olivetree,

for no one ever yet hated his own flesh, but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as Christ doth the church;

Knit

that their hearts may be encouraged, they being knit together in love, and that they may attain to all the riches of a full assurance of the understanding, to the full knowledge of the mystery of God;

that they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me and I in thee, that they also may be in us, that the world may believe that thou didst send me.

And the multitude of those who believed were of one heart, and of one soul; and not one of them said that aught of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.

For as in one body we have many members, and the members have not all the same office,

But I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you, but that ye be perfectly united in the same mind and in the same judgment.

The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not a partaking of the blood of Christ? the loaf which we break, is it not a partaking of the body of Christ?

For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of the body, being many, are one body, so it is with Christ.

endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

Only conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ, that whether I come and see you, or remain absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one soul striving together for the faith of the gospel,

make my joy full, that ye be of the same mind, having the same love, with union of soul cherishing one mind;

Finally, be, all of one mind, have fellow feeling, love as brethren, be compassionate, be humble;

Increaseth

that ye may walk worthily of the Lord so as to please him in all things, bearing fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

I planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the growth.

from whom the whole body, well put together and compacted by means of every supplying joint, is, according to the working of each part in its proportion, building itself up in love.

and the Lord make you to increase and abound in love toward one another and toward all, even as we do in love toward you;

for indeed ye do it toward all the brethren who are in all Macedonia. But we exhort you, brethren, to abound in love still more;

We ought to thank God always for you, brethren, as is fit, because your faith increaseth exceedingly, and the love of every one of you all toward each ether aboundeth;

But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be the glory, both now and for ever.

General references

But new wine must be put into new skins.

so we, though many, form one body in Christ, and each of us is a member of it in common with the rest.

for we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.