Colossians 2:5

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

For though I be absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, joying and beholding your order, and the stedfastness of your faith in Christ.

Be

Colossians 2:1

1 Corinthians 5:3

1 Thessalonians 2:17

And beholding

1 Corinthians 11:34

1 Corinthians 14:40

And the

General references

1 Corinthians 14:40

Bible References

Be

For I would have you know in how severe a struggle I am engaged on behalf of you and the brethren in Laodicea and of all who have not known me personally,

I for my part, present with you in spirit although absent in body, have already, as though I were present, judged him who has so acted.

But we, brethren, having been for a short time separated from you in bodily presence, though not in heart, endeavoured all the more earnestly, with intense longing, to see you face to face.

And beholding

If any one is hungry, let him eat at home; so that your coming together may not lead to judgement. The other matters I will deal with whenever I come.

only let everything be done in a becoming and orderly manner.

And the

and they were constant in listening to the teaching of the Apostles and in their attendance at the Communion, that is, the Breaking of the Bread, and at prayer.

Therefore, my dear brethren, be firm, unmovable, busily occupied at all times in the Lord's work, knowing that your toil is not fruitless in the Lord.

Be on the alert; stand firm in the faith; acquit yourselves like men; be strong.

For now life is for us life indeed, since you are standing fast in the Lord.

For we have, all alike, become sharers with Christ, if we really hold our first confidence firm to the End;

That hope we have as an anchor of the soul--an anchor that can neither break nor drag. It passes in behind the veil,

Withstand him, firm in your faith; knowing that your brethren in other parts of the world are passing through just the same experiences.

You, therefore, dear friends, having been warned beforehand, must continually be on your guard so as not to be led astray by the false teaching of immoral men nor fall from your own stedfastness.

General references

only let everything be done in a becoming and orderly manner.