Colossians 2:5
3 In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
4 And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with enticing words.
For though I be absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, joying and beholding your order, and the stedfastness of your faith in Christ.
6 As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him:
7 Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.
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 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.
- KJV
- For though I be absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, joying and beholding your order, and the stedfastness of your faith in Christ.
- WEB
- For though I am absent in the flesh, yet I am with you in the spirit, rejoicing and seeing your order, and the steadfastness of your faith in Christ.
- ASV
- For though I am absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, joying and beholding your order, and the stedfastness of your faith in Christ.
- DARBY
- For if indeed in the flesh I am absent, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing and seeing your order, and the firmness of your faith in Christ.
- BLB
- For even if I am absent in the flesh, yet I am with you⁺ in spirit, rejoicing and seeing your⁺ order and the firmness of your⁺ faith in Christ.
- ÅB
- For om jeg enn er fraværende i kjødet, så er jeg dog hos dere i ånden, idet jeg med glede ser deres gode orden og den faste grunn i deres tro på Kristus.
- OTB
- For selv om jeg er fraværende i kroppen, er jeg med dere i ånden, og gleder meg over å se deres ordnede livsførsel og fastheten i deres tro på Kristus.
- B1930
- For om jeg enn er fraværende i kjødet, så er jeg dog hos eder i ånden, idet jeg med glede ser eders gode orden og den faste grunn i eders tro på Kristus.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Corinthians 5:3–4
For I verily, as absent in body, but present in spirit, have judged already, as though I were present, concerning him that hath so done this deed,
Read in context1 Thessalonians 2:17
But we, brethren, being taken from you for a short time in presence, not in heart, endeavoured the more abundantly to see your face with great desire.
Read in context1 Corinthians 16:13
Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.
Read in context2 Peter 3:17–18
Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness.
Read in context1 Peter 5:9
Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.
Read in context1 Corinthians 14:40
Let all things be done decently and in order.
Read in contextHebrews 3:14
For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;
Read in context1 Corinthians 15:58
Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
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