Colossians 2:7

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Summary

Colossians 2:7

Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.

Rooted

Jude 1:12

Built

Jude 1:20

Stablished

With

Hebrews 13:15

General references

John 10:5

Bible References

Rooted

And this he will do if, indeed, you continue in the faith, firmly founded and stedfast, and never moved away from the hope of the gospel which you heard, and which has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, that gospel of which I, Paul, was made a minister.

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;

In him the whole building, fitly framed together, rises into a holy temple in the Lord;

that Christ may make his home in your hearts through your faith; that you may be so deeply rooted and so firmly grounded in love,

These are they who are stains upon your love-feasts; when they feast sumptuously without scruple, looking after none but themselves. They are clouds without water, driven along by the winds; trees of autumn, fruitless, doubly dead, torn up by the roots,

Built

"Every one who hears my words and does them I will liken to a wise man who built his house upon the rock.

"He is like a man who is building a house who digged and went deep and laid a foundation upon rock. And, when a flood came, the torrent dashed against that house, but could not move, because it had been founded upon rock.

"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.

For we are God's fellow workers; and you are God's field, you are God's building.

You are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner-stone.

Come to him then, that living Stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God, and precious.

But you, beloved, continually building yourselves up on your most holy faith, and ever praying in the Holy Spirit,

Stablished

Now I commend you to Him who is able to keep you stedfast, according to my gospel, and the proclamation of Jesus Christ, whereby is unveiled the secret truth which was kept secret through immemorial ages,

So, my brothers beloved, stand firm, immovable, always abounding in work for the Lord, because you know that your toil is not fruitless in the Lord.

And he who has established me with you in the Anointed One, and has anointed me, is God.

comfort your hearts, and establish you in every good work and word.

But the God of all grace, who has called us by Christ Jesus to share his eternal glory, will, after you have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.

Do you therefore, beloved, because you know these things beforehand, be on your guard lest you be led astray by the error of the wicked, and so fall from your own stedfastness.

Now unto Him who has power to guard you from stumbling, and to make you stand in the presence of his glory, faultless and exultant,

With

I ask that you may give thanks to the Father who has made us fit to receive our share of the heritage of the saints in the light.

And whatever you do, whether in word of in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God our Father through him.

and at all times for all things give thanks to God, the Father, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Give thanks in every circumstance, for this is the will of God for you in Christ Jesus.

In his name, then, let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is the fruit of lips that confess his name.

General references

"But a stranger they will not follow, but flee from him, because they do not know the voice of strangers."