Colossians 2:19

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Colossians 2:19

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

Moreover He is the Head of His Body, the Church. He is the Beginning, the Firstborn from among the dead, in order that He Himself may in all things occupy the foremost place.

I marvel that you are so readily leaving Him who called you by the grace of Christ, and are adhering to a different Good News.

Remember that it is I Paul who tell you that if you receive circumcision Christ will avail you nothing.

who is willing for all mankind to be saved and come to a full knowledge of the truth.

All

But we shall lovingly hold to the truth, and shall in all respects grow up into union with Him who is our Head, even Christ.

Nourishment

Continue in me, and let me continue in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit of itself--that is, if it does not continue in the vine--so neither can you if you do not continue in me.

And if some of the branches have been pruned away, and you, although you were but a wild olive, have been grafted in among them and have become a sharer with others in the rich sap of the root of the olive tree,

For never yet has a man hated his own body. On the contrary he feeds and cherishes it, just as Christ feeds and cherishes the Church;

Knit

in order that their hearts may be cheered, they themselves being welded together in love and enjoying all the advantages of a reasonable certainty, till at last they attain the full knowledge of God's truth, which is Christ Himself.

that they may all be one, even as Thou art in me, O Father, and I am in Thee; that they also may be in us; that the world may believe that Thou didst send me.

Among all those who had embraced the faith there was but one heart and soul, so that none of them claimed any of his possessions as his own, but everything they had was common property;

For just as there are in the one human body many parts, and these parts have not all the same function;

Now I entreat you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to cultivate a spirit of harmony--all of you--and that there be no divisions among you, but rather a perfect union through your having one mind and one judgement.

The cup of blessing, which we bless, does it not mean a joint-participation in the blood of Christ? The loaf of bread which we break, does it not mean a joint-participation in the body of Christ?

For just as the human body is one and yet has many parts, and all its parts, many as they are, constitute but one body, so it is with the Church of Christ.

in the uniting bond of peace, the unity given by the Spirit.

Only let the lives you live be worthy of the Good News of the Christ, in order that, whether I come and see you or, being absent, only hear of you, I may know that you are standing fast in one spirit and with one mind, fighting shoulder to shoulder for the faith of the Good News.

united by mutual love, with harmony of feeling giving your minds to one and the same object.

In conclusion, all of you should be of one mind, quick to sympathize, kind to the brethren, tenderhearted, lowly-minded,

Increaseth

so that your lives may be worthy of the Lord and perfectly pleasing to Him, while you exhibit the results of right action of every sort and grow into a fuller knowledge of God.

I planted and Apollos watered; but it was God who was, all the time, giving the increase.

Dependent on Him, the whole body--its various parts closely fitting and firmly adhering to one another-- grows by the aid of every contributory link, with power proportioned to the need of each individual part, so as to build itself up in a spirit of love.

and as for you, may the Lord teach you to love one another and all men, with a growing and a glowing love, resembling our love for you.

and indeed you do love all the brethren throughout Macedonia. And we exhort you to do so more and more,

Unceasing thanks are due from us to God on your behalf, brethren. They are appropriate because your faith is growing greatly, and the love of every one of you for all the others goes on increasing.

But be always growing in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To Him be all glory, both now and to the day of Eternity!

General references

But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins.

so collectively we form one body in Christ, while individually we are linked to one another as its members.

because we are, as it were, parts of His Body.