Colossians 2:19

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Colossians 2:17–21 · Berean Standard Bible

17 These are a shadow of the things to come, but the body that casts it belongs to Christ.

18 Do not let anyone who delights in false humility and the worship of angels disqualify you with speculation about what he has seen. Such a person is puffed up without basis by his unspiritual mind.

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.

20 If you have died with Christ to the spiritual forces of the world, why, as though you still belonged to the world, do you submit to its regulations:

21 “Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch!”?

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Therefore, just as you have received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to walk in Him,

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rooted and built up in Him, established in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.

Colossians 2:8

See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, which are based on human tradition and the spiritual forces of the world rather than on Christ.

Colossians 2:9

For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity dwells in bodily form.

Colossians 1:18

And He is the head of the body, the church; He is the beginning and firstborn from among the dead, so that in all things He may have preeminence.

Galatians 1:6

I am amazed how quickly you are deserting the One who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel—

Galatians 1:7

which is not even a gospel. Evidently some people are troubling you and trying to distort the gospel of Christ.

Galatians 1:8

But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be under a curse!

Galatians 1:9

As we have said before, so now I say again: If anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to the one you received, let him be under a curse!

Galatians 5:2

Take notice: I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no value to you at all.

Galatians 5:3

Again I testify to every man who gets himself circumcised that he is obligated to obey the whole law.

Galatians 5:4

You who are trying to be justified by the law have been severed from Christ; you have fallen away from grace.

1 Timothy 2:4

who wants everyone to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.

1 Timothy 2:5

For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,

1 Timothy 2:6

who gave Himself as a ransom for all—the testimony that was given at just the right time.

Ephesians 4:15

Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ Himself, who is the head.

Ephesians 4:16

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.

Job 19:9

He has stripped me of my honor and removed the crown from my head.

Job 19:10

He tears me down on every side until I am gone; He uproots my hope like a tree.

Job 19:11

His anger burns against me, and He counts me among His enemies.

Job 19:12

His troops advance together; they construct a ramp against me and encamp around my tent.

Psalms 139:15

My frame was not hidden from You when I was made in secret, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.

Psalms 139:16

Your eyes saw my unformed body; all my days were written in Your book and ordained for me before one of them came to be.

John 15:4

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.

John 15:5

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.

John 15:6

If anyone does not remain in Me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers. Such branches are gathered up, thrown into the fire, and burned.

Romans 11:17

Now if some branches have been broken off, and you, a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others to share in the nourishment of the olive root,

Ephesians 5:29

Indeed, no one ever hated his own body, but he nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church.

Colossians 2:2

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,

John 17:21

that all of them may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I am in You. May they also be in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me.

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The multitude of believers was one in heart and soul. No one claimed that any of his possessions was his own, but they shared everything they owned.

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Just as each of us has one body with many members, and not all members have the same function,

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so in Christ we who are many are one body, and each member belongs to one another.

1 Corinthians 1:10

I appeal to you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree together, so that there may be no divisions among you and that you may be united in mind and conviction.

1 Corinthians 10:16

Is not the cup of blessing that we bless a participation in the blood of Christ? And is not the bread that we break a participation in the body of Christ?

1 Corinthians 10:17

Because there is one loaf, we who are many are one body; for we all partake of the one loaf.

1 Corinthians 12:12

The body is a unit, though it is composed of many parts. And although its parts are many, they all form one body. So it is with Christ.

1 Corinthians 12:13

For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free, and we were all given one Spirit to drink.

1 Corinthians 12:14

For the body does not consist of one part, but of many.

1 Corinthians 12:15

If the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,” that would not make it any less a part of the body.

1 Corinthians 12:16

And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,” that would not make it any less a part of the body.

1 Corinthians 12:17

If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be?

1 Corinthians 12:18

But in fact, God has arranged the members of the body, every one of them, according to His design.

1 Corinthians 12:19

If they were all one part, where would the body be?

1 Corinthians 12:20

As it is, there are many parts, but one body.

1 Corinthians 12:21

The eye cannot say to the hand, “I do not need you.” Nor can the head say to the feet, “I do not need you.”

1 Corinthians 12:22

On the contrary, the parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable,

1 Corinthians 12:23

and the parts we consider less honorable, we treat with greater honor. And our unpresentable parts are treated with special modesty,

1 Corinthians 12:24

whereas our presentable parts have no such need. But God has composed the body and has given greater honor to the parts that lacked it,

1 Corinthians 12:25

so that there should be no division in the body, but that its members should have mutual concern for one another.

1 Corinthians 12:26

If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.

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Now you are the body of Christ, and each of you is a member of it.

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

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Nevertheless, conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ. Then, whether I come and see you or only hear about you in my absence, I will know that you stand firm in one spirit, contending side by side for the faith of the gospel,

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then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being united in spirit and purpose.

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Do nothing out of selfish ambition or empty pride, but in humility consider others more important than yourselves.

Philippians 2:4

Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.

Philippians 2:5

Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus:

1 Peter 3:8

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

Colossians 1:10

so that you may walk in a manner worthy of the Lord and may please Him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God,

1 Corinthians 3:6

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

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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,

1 Thessalonians 4:10

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

2 Thessalonians 1:3

We are obligated to thank God for you all the time, brothers, as is fitting, because your faith is growing more and more, and your love for one another is increasing.

2 Peter 3:18

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.