Cross references

Colossians 1:24

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is lacking in regard to Christ’s afflictions for the sake of His body, which is the church.

Colossians 1:24 BSB

Colossians 1:24 has 16 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 16 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Romans 5:3 (21 votes) and 2 Timothy 1:8 (18 votes). 47 other verses point back to it. It links with 17 other books, from Isaiah 1 to 3 John 1.

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Which verses does Colossians 1:24 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Romans 5:321 votes

    Not only that, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance;

  2. So do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, or of me, His prisoner. Instead, join me in suffering for the gospel by the power of God.

  3. For just as the sufferings of Christ overflow to us, so also through Christ our comfort overflows. If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which accomplishes in you patient endurance of the same sufferings we experience. …

  4. I want to know Christ and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to Him in His death,

  5. for which I suffer to the extent of being chained like a criminal. But the word of God cannot be chained! For this reason I endure all things for the sake of the elect, so that they too may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory.

  6. Great is my confidence in you; great is my pride in you; I am filled with encouragement; in all our troubles my joy overflows.

  7. So I ask you not to be discouraged because of my sufferings for you, which are your glory.

  8. Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me. Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets before you.

  9. James 1:210 votes

    Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you encounter trials of many kinds,

  10. Acts 5:418 votes

    The apostles left the Sanhedrin, rejoicing that they had been counted worthy of suffering disgrace for the Name.

  11. And He is the head of the body, the church; He is the beginning and firstborn from among the dead, so that in all things He may have preeminence.

  12. which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.

Which verses point to Colossians 1:24?

The 10 strongest of 47.