Cross references

Colossians 2:19

He has lost connection to the head, from whom the whole body, supported and knit together by its joints and ligaments, grows as God causes it to grow.

Colossians 2:19 BSB

Colossians 2:19 has 29 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 9 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Ephesians 4:15–16 (17 votes) and John 15:4–6 (11 votes). 30 other verses point back to it. It links with 22 other books, from Exodus 20 to Revelation 22.

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Which verses does Colossians 2:19 point to?

The 20 strongest of 29, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ Himself, who is the head. From Him the whole body, fitted and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love through the work of each individual part.

  2. Remain in Me, and I will remain in you. Just as no branch can bear fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in Me. I am the vine and you are the branches. The one who remains in Me, and I in him, will bear much fruit. For apart from Me you can do nothing. …

  3. Just as each of us has one body with many members, and not all members have the same function, so in Christ we who are many are one body, and each member belongs to one another.

  4. that they may be encouraged in heart, knit together in love, and filled with the full riches of complete understanding, so that they may know the mystery of God, namely Christ,

  5. who wants everyone to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, …

  6. Finally, all of you, be like-minded and sympathetic, love as brothers, be tenderhearted and humble.

  7. But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.

  8. And may the Lord cause you to increase and overflow with love for one another and for everyone else, just as our love for you overflows,

  9. And you are indeed showing this love to all the brothers throughout Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers, to excel more and more

  10. I planted the seed and Apollos watered it, but God made it grow.

  11. John 17:212 votes
  12. Acts 4:322 votes

Which verses point to Colossians 2:19?

The 10 strongest of 30.