Cross references

Colossians 2:5

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.

Colossians 2:5 BSB

Colossians 2:5 has 17 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 11 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to 1 Corinthians 5:3–4 (12 votes) and 1 Thessalonians 2:17 (9 votes). 19 other verses point back to it. It links with 16 other books, from Numbers 2 to 2 Peter 3.

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Which verses does Colossians 2:5 point to?

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

  1. 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. When you are assembled in the name of our Lord Jesus and I am with you in spirit, along with the power of the Lord Jesus,

  2. 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.

  3. Be on the alert. Stand firm in the faith. Be men of courage. Be strong.

  4. Resist him, standing firm in your faith and in the knowledge that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kinds of suffering.

  5. Therefore, beloved, since you already know these things, be on your guard so that you will not be carried away by the error of the lawless and fall from your secure standing. 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.

  6. But everything must be done in a proper and orderly manner.

  7. We have come to share in Christ if we hold firmly to the end the assurance we had at first.

  8. Their hearts were disloyal to Him, and they were unfaithful to His covenant.

  9. Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast and immovable. Always excel in the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.

  10. For now we can go on living, as long as you are standing firm in the Lord.

  11. Psalm 78:83 votes
  12. Acts 2:421 vote
  13. For I want you to know how much I am struggling for you and for those at Laodicea, and for all who have not met me face to face,

  14. Ruth 1:18-1 votes

Which verses point to Colossians 2:5?

The 10 strongest of 19.