Colossians 2:5
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Colossians 2:5 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Colossians 2:5 is a verse from the book of Colossians in the New Testament. The KJV reads: "For though I be absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, joying and beholding your order, and the stedfastn..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Colossians 2:5 — 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.”
— Colossians 2:5 (KJV)
Colossians 2:5 in Context — About the Book of Colossians
Colossians answers every spiritual add-on with one word: Christ. He is the image of the invisible God, creator and sustainer of all things, in whom all fullness dwells — and you have been given fullness in Him. Set your mind above; let His peace rule; do everything in His name.
Cross-References for Colossians 2:5
“Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more.”
Shares key themes with Colossians 2:5: though, flesh, yet
“I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.”
Shares key themes with Colossians 2:5: flesh, yet, faith
“Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;”
Shares key themes with Colossians 2:5: absent, spirit, faith
“And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.”
Shares key themes with Colossians 2:5: flesh, yet, spirit
“Although my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although he make it not to grow.”
Shares key themes with Colossians 2:5: though, yet, order
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