Cross references

Colossians 1:6

that has come to you.

All over the world this gospel is bearing fruit and growing, just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and truly understood the grace of God.

Colossians 1:6 BSB

Colossians 1:6 has 35 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 31 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to John 15:16 (21 votes) and Philippians 1:11 (15 votes). 41 other verses point back to it. It links with 21 other books, from Exodus 28 to 3 John 1.

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Which verses does Colossians 1:6 point to?

The 20 strongest of 35, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. John 15:1621 votes

    You did not choose Me, but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit—fruit that will remain—so that whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.

  2. filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

  3. if indeed you continue in your faith, established and firm, not moved from the hope of the gospel you heard, which has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a servant.

  4. Consequently, faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ. But I ask, did they not hear? Indeed they did: “Their voice has gone out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world.”

  5. but now revealed and made known through the writings of the prophets by the command of the eternal God, in order to lead all nations to the obedience that comes from faith—

  6. Through Silvanus, whom I regard as a faithful brother, I have written to you briefly, encouraging you and testifying that this is the true grace of God. Stand firm in it.

  7. For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to everyone. It instructs us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live sensible, upright, and godly lives in the present age,

  8. Psalm 98:36 votes

    He has remembered His love and faithfulness to the house of Israel; all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.

  9. And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.

  10. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

  11. Mark 4:86 votes
  12. Mark 16:156 votes
  13. John 4:236 votes
  14. Acts 12:246 votes
  15. according to the foreknowledge of God the Father and sanctified by the Spirit for obedience to Jesus Christ and sprinkling by His blood: Grace and peace be yours in abundance. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

  16. Acts 11:184 votes
  17. Acts 16:144 votes

Which verses point to Colossians 1:6?

The 10 strongest of 41.