Colossians 1:3-4

³We give thanks to God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,c

⁴having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love which you have toward all the saints,d

Colossians 1 opens Paul’s letter to a young church he did not plant, facing pressure from false teaching. After a warm thanksgiving and prayer for their growth, Paul launches into one of the most exalted Christological passages in the New Testament: Christ as the image of God, the a

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a: v.1 — 2 Corinthians 1:1, Philemon 1:1, 1 Corinthians 1:1, 1 Thessalonians 1:1, Philippians 1:1, Romans 1:1, 2 Thessalonians 1:1, Ephesians 1:1, 1 Thessalonians 3:2
b: v.2 — 2 Peter 1:2, Ephesians 1:1, Romans 1:7, 1 Corinthians 1:2, Revelation 1:4, Galatians 1:3, Psalms 16:3, Jude 1:2, Ephesians 6:21, 1 Peter 1:2
c: v.3 — 1 Thessalonians 1:2, 2 Timothy 1:3, Colossians 1:9, Romans 1:8-9, 1 Corinthians 1:4, Philippians 1:3-5, 1 Thessalonians 3:10-13, Colossians 1:13, Ephesians 3:14-19, Philippians 4:6
d: v.4 — Ephesians 1:15, 2 Thessalonians 1:3, 1 Thessalonians 1:3, Hebrews 6:10, Philemon 1:5, Galatians 5:6, 3 John 1:3-4, 1 John 4:16, 1 Thessalonians 3:6, 1 John 3:14
e: v.5 — 1 Peter 1:3-4, Ephesians 1:13, 2 Timothy 4:8, Titus 1:2, Colossians 1:27, 1 Corinthians 15:19, 1 Peter 2:2, Colossians 1:23, Hebrews 7:19, 1 John 3:3
f: v.6 — John 15:16, Philippians 1:11, Colossians 1:23, 1 Peter 5:12, Romans 16:26, Romans 10:17-18, Romans 1:13, Titus 2:11-12, 1 Peter 1:2-3, Acts 12:24
g: v.7 — Colossians 4:12, Philemon 1:23, Hebrews 2:17, Colossians 4:7, 1 Corinthians 4:2, Hebrews 3:2, Philippians 2:25, 2 Timothy 2:2, 2 Corinthians 11:23, Matthew 24:45
h: v.8 — Romans 15:30, 2 Timothy 1:7, Romans 5:5, Galatians 5:22, Colossians 1:4, 1 Peter 1:22
i: v.9 — James 3:17, Philippians 1:9-11, James 1:5, Ephesians 1:15-20, 1 Thessalonians 5:17, Colossians 4:5, 1 Peter 2:15, Hebrews 13:21, 2 Thessalonians 1:11, Psalms 143:10
j: v.10 — Ephesians 4:1, Hebrews 13:21, 2 Peter 1:2-3, John 15:16, 1 John 3:22, 1 Thessalonians 4:1, Hebrews 13:16, John 15:8, Galatians 5:22-23, Proverbs 16:7
k: v.11 — Ephesians 3:16, Philippians 4:13, Ephesians 4:2, Ephesians 6:10, Romans 5:3-5, 2 Corinthians 12:9-10, 2 Corinthians 4:7, James 1:2-4, James 5:7-8, 2 Corinthians 6:4-6
l: v.12 — Acts 20:32, Ephesians 1:11, Ephesians 1:18, Acts 26:18, 1 Peter 1:2-5, Romans 8:17, Ephesians 3:6, 2 Corinthians 5:5, 1 John 3:1-3, Hebrews 3:14
m: v.13 — Ephesians 5:8, Acts 26:18, 1 Peter 2:9, Titus 3:3-6, 1 Thessalonians 2:12, Ephesians 6:12, 1 Corinthians 6:9-11, Ephesians 4:18, Romans 14:17, 1 John 3:14
n: v.14 — Ephesians 1:7, Romans 3:24-25, 1 Peter 1:19-20, Hebrews 9:12, Hebrews 9:22, Revelation 5:9, Acts 13:38-39, Galatians 3:13, Matthew 20:28, Ephesians 5:2
o: v.15 — Hebrews 1:3, John 14:9, John 1:1, 2 Corinthians 4:4, John 1:18, John 1:14, Psalms 89:27, 2 Corinthians 4:6, Philippians 2:6, 1 Timothy 1:17
p: v.16 — Romans 11:36, John 1:3, 1 Corinthians 8:6, Hebrews 2:10, 1 Chronicles 29:11, Hebrews 1:2, Ephesians 1:10, Proverbs 16:4, Isaiah 44:24, Hebrews 1:10-12
q: v.17 — Hebrews 1:3, 1 Corinthians 8:6, John 17:5, Acts 17:28, John 8:58, John 1:1-3, Psalms 75:3, Colossians 1:15, Revelation 1:8, Isaiah 44:6
r: v.18 — Ephesians 1:22-23, Revelation 1:5, Ephesians 4:15-16, 1 Corinthians 15:20-23, Acts 26:23, Matthew 28:18, Psalms 89:27, 1 Corinthians 11:3, Ephesians 5:23, Revelation 22:13
s: v.19 — Colossians 2:9, John 1:16, Ephesians 1:23, Colossians 2:3, Colossians 3:11, John 3:34, Ephesians 4:10, Ephesians 1:3, Luke 10:21, Ephesians 1:5
t: v.20 — 2 Corinthians 5:18-21, Ephesians 1:10, 1 John 4:9-10, Colossians 1:21-22, Ephesians 2:13-17, Hebrews 2:17, Isaiah 9:6-7, Romans 5:1, Hebrews 13:20-21, Zechariah 9:9-10
u: v.21 — Ephesians 2:12, Titus 3:3-7, Ephesians 2:1-3, Romans 5:9-10, Ephesians 4:18, Ephesians 2:19, Romans 8:7-8, 1 Corinthians 6:9-11, Titus 1:15-16, Romans 1:30
v: v.22 — Ephesians 5:27, Jude 1:24, Ephesians 1:4, Hebrews 10:10, Titus 2:14, Romans 7:4, Hebrews 10:20, Hebrews 13:21, Ephesians 2:15-16, 2 Corinthians 11:2
w: v.23 — Hebrews 3:14, Hebrews 3:6, Matthew 24:13-14, Galatians 6:9, Hebrews 10:38, Acts 14:22, Colossians 1:5-6, Romans 10:18, Ephesians 3:17, Hebrews 6:19
x: v.24 — Romans 5:3, 2 Timothy 1:8, 2 Corinthians 1:5-8, 2 Timothy 2:9-10, Philippians 3:10, 2 Corinthians 7:4, Ephesians 3:13, Matthew 5:11-12, James 1:2, Acts 5:41
y: v.25 — Ephesians 3:2, Colossians 1:23, Galatians 2:7-8, 2 Timothy 4:2-5, 1 Thessalonians 3:2, Romans 15:15-19, 1 Timothy 4:6, 1 Corinthians 9:17
z: v.26 — Luke 8:10, Romans 16:25-26, Ephesians 3:3-10, Matthew 13:11, 1 Corinthians 2:7, 2 Timothy 1:10, Mark 4:11, Psalms 25:14
aa: v.27 — John 14:20, Romans 8:10, Ephesians 3:16-17, 1 John 4:4, Galatians 2:20, 1 Corinthians 3:16, Revelation 3:20, John 14:17, Ephesians 1:17-18, 2 Corinthians 4:6
ab: v.28 — Ephesians 5:27, Jeremiah 3:15, Ephesians 4:11-13, Matthew 5:48, Colossians 3:16, 2 Timothy 2:24-25, 1 Corinthians 2:6, Colossians 1:22, 2 Corinthians 11:2, Acts 20:31
ac: v.29 — 1 Corinthians 15:10, Ephesians 1:19, 1 Corinthians 9:25-27, Ephesians 3:7, Philippians 2:13, Colossians 2:1, 2 Corinthians 12:9-10, Hebrews 13:21, 1 Corinthians 12:11, Colossians 4:12

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