Colossians 2:2-4

Paul's Ministry to the Church

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. ⁴ I say this in order _d that no one may delude you with plausible arguments.

1. 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.
   
2. Cross References
   Colossians 3:14
   And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.
   
3. 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.
   
4. 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...
   
5. Cross References
   Romans 16:18
   For such persons do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own appetites, and by smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.
   Ephesians 5:6
   Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.
   2 Peter 2:3
   And in their greed they will exploit you with false words. Their condemnation from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep.