Cross references
1 Thessalonians 2:17
Brothers, although we were torn away from you for a short time (in person, not in heart), our desire to see you face to face was even more intense.
1 Thessalonians 2:17 has 15 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 9 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Colossians 2:5 (12 votes) and 1 Corinthians 5:3 (9 votes). 11 other verses point back to it. It links with 12 other books, from Genesis 31 to 2 Timothy 1.
Which verses does 1 Thessalonians 2:17 point to?
Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- Colossians 2:512 votes
For although I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit, and I delight to see your orderly condition and firm faith in Christ.
- 1 Corinthians 5:39 votes
Although I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit, and I have already pronounced judgment on the one who did this, just as if I were present.
- 1 Thessalonians 3:66 votes
But just now, Timothy has returned from his visit with the good news about your faith, your love, and the fond memories you have preserved, longing to see us just as we long to see you.
- Romans 1:135 votes
I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, how often I planned to come to you (but have been prevented from visiting until now), in order that I might have a harvest among you, just as I have had among the other Gentiles.
- 1 Thessalonians 3:10–115 votes
Night and day we pray most earnestly that we may see you face to face and supply what is lacking in your faith. Now may our God and Father Himself, and our Lord Jesus, direct our way to you.
- 2 Samuel 13:394 votes
And King David longed to go to Absalom, for he had been consoled over Amnon’s death.
- Psalm 63:14 votes
A Psalm of David, when he was in the Wilderness of Judah. O God, You are my God. Earnestly I seek You; my soul thirsts for You. My body yearns for You in a dry and weary land without water.
- Luke 22:154 votes
And He said to them, “I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before My suffering.
- Romans 15:234 votes
But now that there are no further opportunities for me in these regions, and since I have longed for many years to visit you,
- Genesis 45:283 votes
“Enough!” declared Israel. “My son Joseph is still alive! I will go to see him before I die.”
- Genesis 48:113 votes
- 2 Kings 5:263 votes
- Acts 17:103 votes
- Philippians 1:22–263 votes
- Genesis 31:302 votes
Which verses point to 1 Thessalonians 2:17?
The 10 strongest of 11.