Colossians 2:19

MNT

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 then you have received Jesus Christ, your Lord, in him live your lives;

He is the head of his Body, the Church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, in order that in all things he may become preeminent.

I am amazed that you are so soon shifting your ground, and deserting him who called you by the grace of Christ,

Listen to me! I, Paul, declare to you that if you are to continue to follow the rite of circumcision, Christ will be no profit to you.

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

All

but holding the truth in love we shall grow up in every part into him who is our Head, even Christ.

Nourishment

"Abide in me, and I in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit of itself except it abide in the vine, no more can you, unless you abide in me.

Supposing that some of the branches have been broken off, and you, although you were but a wild olive, have been grafted in among the branches and have become a partaker with them of the fatness of the olive tree, do not glory over the branches;

For no man ever yet hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it as Christ does the church;

Knit

May their hearts be comforted! May they be knit together in love! May they gain in all its riches the full assurance of their understanding! May they come to a perfect knowledge of the secret truth of God, which is Christ himself.

that they may all be one, even as thou, Father, art in me and I in thee; that they also may be in us; in order that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.

Now the multitude of the believers was of one heart and one soul, nor did any one of them say that any of his possessions was his own; but they had all things common.

For even as we have many members in one body, and not all members have the same function;

Now I beg you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to speak in accord, all of you, and to have no divisions among you, but to be knit together in a common mind and temper.

The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not a common participation in the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not a common participation in the body of Christ?

For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, although they be many, are one body; so also is Christ.

and endeavor to preserve the unity of the Spirit in the bonds of peace.

Only do lead lives worthy of the gospel of Christ; so that whether I come to see you or hear reports concerning you in my absence, I may know that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one soul, enlisted in a common struggle for the faith of the gospel,

I entreat you to make my joy overflow by living in harmony; possessing the same love, and with one soul united in one purpose.

Finally, you should all be harmonious, sympathetic, loving as brothers, tender-hearted, humble-minded;

Increaseth

that you may walk worthy of the Lord in every kind of pleasing; that you may be fruitful in every kind of good work, and may increase in the knowledge of God;

I planted, Apollos watered, but God made the seed grow.

From him the whole body (knit together and compacted by all its joints) makes continual growth of the body so as to build itself up in love, through the energy of his bounteous provision, according to the need of each several part.

Meanwhile, may the Lord cause you to increase and abound in love toward one another and toward all men, even as I do toward you.

As indeed you do love all the brothers in Macedonia. But I exhort you, brothers, to abound in this yet more.

I ought always to thank God for you, brothers, as is fitting because of the abundant growth of your faith and of the overflowing love with which every one of you is filled toward one another.

But grow continually in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and unto the Day of Eternity, Amen.

General references

"But new wine must be put into fresh wine-skins

so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and we are severally members of one another.

for we are members of his body.