Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Colossians 2

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Colossians 2 . 1 , Paul still exhorts them to be constant in Christ; Colossians 2 . 8 , to beware of philosophy , and vain traditions; Colossians 2 . 18 , worshipping of angels; Colossians 2 . 20 , and legal ceremonies , which are ended in Christ.

Colossians 2:1

For I want you to know how much I am struggling for you and for those at Laodicea, and for all who have not met me face to face,

Colossians 2:1 · BSB

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conflict or , fear , or , care

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,

Colossians 2:2 · BSB

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Colossians 2:3

in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

Colossians 2:3 · BSB

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or , Wherein

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Colossians 2:4

I say this so that no one will deceive you by smooth rhetoric.

Colossians 2:4 · BSB

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Colossians 2:5

For although I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit, and I delight to see your orderly condition and firm faith in Christ.

Colossians 2:5 · BSB

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Colossians 2:6

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

Colossians 2:6 · BSB

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Colossians 2:7

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

Colossians 2:7 · BSB

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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 2:8 · BSB

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or , the elements

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Colossians 2:9

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

Colossians 2:9 · BSB

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Colossians 2:10

And you have been made complete in Christ, who is the head over every ruler and authority.

Colossians 2:10 · BSB

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Colossians 2:11

In Him you were also circumcised, in the putting off of your sinful nature, with the circumcision performed by Christ and not by human hands.

Colossians 2:11 · BSB

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Colossians 2:12

And having been buried with Him in baptism, you were raised with Him through your faith in the power of God, who raised Him from the dead.

Colossians 2:12 · BSB

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Colossians 2:13

When you were dead in your trespasses and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our trespasses,

Colossians 2:13 · BSB

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Colossians 2:14

having canceled the debt ascribed to us in the decrees that stood against us. He took it away, nailing it to the cross!

Colossians 2:14 · BSB

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Colossians 2:15

And having disarmed the powers and authorities, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.

Colossians 2:15 · BSB

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in it or , in himself

Colossians 2:16

Therefore let no one judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a feast, a New Moon, or a Sabbath.

Colossians 2:16 · BSB

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etc. or , for eating and drinking

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in respect or , in part

Colossians 2:17

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

Colossians 2:17 · BSB

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Colossians 2:18

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.

Colossians 2:18 · BSB

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or , judge against you

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Gr. being a voluntary in humility

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Colossians 2:19

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.

Colossians 2:19 · BSB

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Colossians 2:20

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:

Colossians 2:20 · BSB

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rudiments or , elements

Colossians 2:21

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

Colossians 2:21 · BSB

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Colossians 2:22

These will all perish with use, because they are based on human commands and teachings.

Colossians 2:22 · BSB

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Colossians 2:23

Such restrictions indeed have an appearance of wisdom, with their self-prescribed worship, their false humility, and their harsh treatment of the body; but they are of no value against the indulgence of the flesh.

Colossians 2:23 · BSB

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or , punishing , or , not sparing

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge is the classical cross-reference layer — centuries of catchword parallels beneath the site’s quotations, allusions, and echoes. Every reference above also flows into the wider web of connections.

In the wider web28 threads
Intertextuality Pairs
Quotations Colossians 2:22 → Isaiah 29:13
Allusions Colossians 2:11 → Deuteronomy 30:6, Colossians 2:11-13 → Genesis 17:10-27, Colossians 2:15 → Exodus 15:3, Colossians 2:16 → 1 Chronicles 23:31, Colossians 2:2-3 → Daniel 2:19-23, Colossians 2:3 → Job 28:12, Colossians 2:3 → Proverbs 2:3-6, Colossians 2:8 → Isaiah 29:13
Echoes Colossians 2:15 → Psalm 68:18
Trajectories
Abraham (Father of Faith), Circumcision (Circumcision of the Heart), Conquest of Canaan (Victory in Christ), Covenant Succession (Inheritance and Election), Crossing the Jordan (Entering God's Rest), Divine Warrior (God Who Fights), Eden as Temple (Original Sanctuary), Elisha (Double Portion of Spirit), Isaac (Child of Promise), New Moons (Renewal and Rest), Plagues of Egypt (Judgment on False Gods), Solomon (The King of Peace and Wisdom), Trespass-Offering (Restitution and Restoration), Wisdom and Foolishness of the Cross
Longitudinal Themes
Divine Warrior, Wisdom
Chiasms
Shaped Colossians 01:26–02:03, Colossians 02:20–03:14
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