Colossians 2:1
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,
2 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,
3 in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- 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,
- KJV
- For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh;
- WEB
- For I desire to have you know how greatly I struggle for you and for those at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh;
- ASV
- For I would have you know how greatly I strive for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh;
- DARBY
- For I would have you know what combat I have for you, and those in Laodicea, and as many as have not seen my face in flesh;
- BLB
- For I want you⁺ to know how great a struggle I have for you⁺ and those in Laodicea and as many as have not seen my face in the flesh,
- ÅB
- For jeg vil at dere skal vite hvor stor strid jeg har for dere og dem i Laodikea og så mange som ikke har sett mitt åsyn i kjødet,
- OTB
- Jeg vil at dere skal forstå hvor stor en kamp jeg har for dere og for dem i Laodikea, og for alle som ikke har sett meg ansikt til ansikt.
- B1930
- For jeg vil at I skal vite hvor stor strid jeg har for eder og dem i Laodikea og så mange som ikke har sett mitt åsyn i kjødet,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Colossians 1:29
To this end I also labor, striving with all His energy working powerfully within me.
Read in contextPhilippians 1:30
since you are encountering the same struggle you saw I had, and now hear that I still have.
Read in contextRevelation 3:14–22
To the angel of the church in Laodicea write: These are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the Originator of God’s creation.
Read in contextColossians 4:12–13
Epaphras, who is one of you and a servant of Christ Jesus, sends you greetings. He is always wrestling in prayer for you, so that you may stand mature and fully assured in the full will of God.
Read in contextRevelation 1:11
saying, “Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.”
Read in contextActs 20:38
They were especially grieved by his statement that they would never see his face again. Then they accompanied him to the ship.
Read in contextColossians 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.
Read in contextHosea 12:3–4
In the womb he grasped his brother’s heel, and in his vigor he wrestled with God.
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