Colossians 2:2

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Colossians 2:2

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Summary

That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ;

Their

Being

All

Colossians 1:27

Of the full

1 John 3:19

Understanding

Of the father

General references

1 Corinthians 13:9

Bible References

Their

I am sending him to you for the express purpose of letting you know my circumstances, and of cheering your hearts.

May God, the source of hope, fill you with perfect happiness and peace in your faith, so that you may have overflowing hope through the power of the holy Spirit.

He comforts me in all my trouble, so that I can comfort people who are in any trouble with the comfort with which I myself am comforted by God.

and I sent my brother Timothy, a servant of God in preaching the good news of the Christ, to strengthen you in your faith

We beg you, brothers, warn the idlers, cheer up the despondent, keep hold of the weak, be patient with everybody.

May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who has loved us and kindly given us unfailing encouragement and a well-founded hope,

Being

And over all these put on love, which completes them and fastens them all together.

Let them all be one. Just as you, Father, are in union with me and I am with you, let them be in union with us, so that the world may believe that you sent me.

There was but one heart and soul in the multitude who had become believers, and not one of them claimed anything that belonged to him as his own, but they shared everything they had with one another.

There is no room for "Jew" and "Greek"; there is no room for "slave" and "freeman"; there is no room for "male" and "female"; for in union with Christ Jesus you are all one.

So by whatever appeal there is in our relation to Christ, by whatever incentive there is in love, by whatever participation there is in the Spirit, whatever affection and sympathy,

No one has ever seen God; yet if we love one another, God keeps in union with us and love for him attains perfection in our hearts.

All

to whom God has chosen to make known among the heathen how glorious this mystery of Christ in you, the promise of glorification, really is.

Of the full

for our preaching of the good news did not come to you as mere words but with power and the holy Spirit and full conviction??ou know the kind of life we lived among you for your good.

But we want each of you to exhibit this same earnestness to the very end with regard to your confidence in your hope,

let us draw near to God in sincerity of heart and with perfect faith, with our hearts cleansed from the sense of sin, and our bodies washed with clean water.

Therefore, brothers, make all the greater efforts to make God's call and choice of you certain. For if you have these qualities, you will never stumble,

From that we can be sure that we are on the side of the truth, and satisfy our consciences in God's sight,

Understanding

and we believe and are satisfied that you are the Holy One of God."

And eternal life means knowing you as the only true God, and knowing Jesus your messenger as Christ.

To him who can make you strong by the good news I bring and the preaching about Jesus Christ, through the disclosure of the secret kept back for long ages but now revealed,

But the Spirit we have received is not that of the world, but the Spirit that comes from God, which we have to make us realize the blessings God has given us.

The God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, grant you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation through the knowledge of himself,

and making clear how the secret purpose is to be worked out which has been hidden away for ages in God the creator of all things,

Why, I count everything as loss compared with the supreme advantage of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have lost everything, and think it rubbish, in order to gain Christ

For his divine power has given us every requisite for life and piety, through our coming to know him who through his glory and excellence called us to him.

You must grow in the blessing and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Glory to him now and forever.

Of the father

He is a likeness of the unseen God, born before any creature,

At that same time Jesus said, "I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for hiding all this from the learned and intelligent and revealing it to children.

At that moment he was inspired with joy, and said, "I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for hiding all this from the learned and intelligent, and revealing it to children! Yes, I thank you, Father, for choosing to have it so!

In the beginning the Word existed. The Word was with God, and the Word was divine.

But he answered them, "My Father is still at work, and I work too."

The Father and I are one."

Jesus said to him, "Have I been with you so long, and yet you, Philip, have not recognized me? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, 'Let us see the Father'?

All that the Father has belongs to me. That is why I said that he will take what is mine and communicate it to you.

Let them all be one. Just as you, Father, are in union with me and I am with you, let them be in union with us, so that the world may believe that you sent me.

No one can deny the profundity of the divine truth of our religion! "He was revealed in flesh, He was vindicated by the Spirit, He was seen by the angels, He was proclaimed among the heathen, He was believed in throughout the world, He was taken up into glory."

General references

For our knowledge is imperfect and our preaching is imperfect.