Colossians 2:1-3

Paul's Ministry to the Church

¹ For I want you to know _y how great a _w struggle I have for you and for those at Laodicea and for all who have not seen me face to face, ² that _z their hearts may be encouraged, being _a knit together in love, to reach all the riches of full assurance of understanding and the knowledge of _b God's mystery, which is Christ, ³ _c in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

1. Cross References
   Philippians 1:30
   Engaged in the same conflict that you saw I had and now hear that I still have.
   
2. Cross References
   Colossians 1:29
   For this I toil, struggling with all his energy that he powerfully works within me.
   
3. Cross References
   Colossians 4:8
   I have sent him to you for this very purpose, that you may know how we are and that he may encourage your hearts.
   Ephesians 6:22
   I have sent him to you for this very purpose, that you may know how we are, and that he may encourage your hearts.
   
4. Cross References
   Colossians 3:14
   And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.
   
5. Cross References
   Colossians 1:27
   To them God chose to make known how great among the Gentiles are the riches of the glory of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
   
6. Cross References
   Isaiah 11:2
   And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him,...
   Isaiah 45:3
   I will give you the treasures of darkness and t...
   1 Corinthians 1:24
   But to those who are called, both Jews and Gree...
   1 Corinthians 1:30
   And because of him you are in Christ Jesus, who...
   1 Corinthians 2:6 - 7
   Yet among the mature we do impart wisdom, altho...
   Luke 11:49
   Therefore also the Wisdom of God said, 'I will ...
   Ephesians 1:8
   Which he lavished upon us, in all wisdom and in...