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Colossians 3:14

And over all these virtues put on love, which is the bond of perfect unity.

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Colossians 3:14 has 17 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 14 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to 1 Peter 4:8 (27 votes) and Ephesians 5:2 (19 votes). 18 other verses point back to it. It links with 14 other books, from Song of Solomon 1 to Revelation 2.

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Which verses does Colossians 3:14 point to?

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

  1. 1 Peter 4:827 votes

    Above all, love one another deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.

  2. Ephesians 5:219 votes

    and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.

  3. 1 Corinthians 13:1–1315 votes

    If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a ringing gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have absolute faith so as to move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. …

  4. Colossians 2:212 votes

    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. John 13:3411 votes

    A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also must love one another.

  6. Romans 13:811 votes

    Be indebted to no one, except to one another in love. For he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.

  7. Ephesians 4:310 votes

    and with diligence to preserve the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.

  8. 1 Timothy 1:57 votes

    The goal of our instruction is the love that comes from a pure heart, a clear conscience, and a sincere faith.

  9. 1 John 4:217 votes

    And we have this commandment from Him: Whoever loves God must love his brother as well.

  10. John 15:125 votes

    This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.

  11. 1 Thessalonians 4:95 votes
  12. 2 Peter 1:75 votes
  13. John 17:234 votes

    I in them and You in Me—that they may be perfectly united, so that the world may know that You sent Me and have loved them just as You have loved Me.

  14. 1 John 4:7–124 votes
  15. Ephesians 1:42 votes
  16. Hebrews 6:12 votes
  17. 1 John 3:232 votes

Which verses point to Colossians 3:14?

The 10 strongest of 18.