Colossians 2:19

The false teacher fails to hold fast to Christ, the Head from whom the whole body grows. Spiritual growth comes only from connection to Christ.

Cross-references · 29

• Eph 4:15–16Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ Himself, who is the head.
• John 15:4–6Remain in Me, and I will remain in you. Just as no branch can bear fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in Me.
• 2 Pet 3:18But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.
• 1 Pet 3:8Finally, all of you, be like-minded and sympathetic, love as brothers, be tenderhearted and humble.
• Col 2:2that 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,
• 1 Tim 2:4–6who wants everyone to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
• Rom 12:4–5Just as each of us has one body with many members, and not all members have the same function,
• 1 Th 3:12And may the Lord cause you to increase and overflow with love for one another and for everyone else, just as our love for you overflows,
• 1 Th 4:10And you are indeed showing this love to all the brothers throughout Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers, to excel more and more
• 2 Th 1:3We are obligated to thank God for you all the time, brothers, as is fitting, because your faith is growing more and more, and your love for one another is increasing.
• 1 Cor 3:6I planted the seed and Apollos watered it, but God made it grow.
• Rom 11:17Now if some branches have been broken off, and you, a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others to share in the nourishment of the olive root,
• 1 Cor 12:12–27The body is a unit, though it is composed of many parts. And although its parts are many, they all form one body. So it is with Christ.
• Col 1:10so that you may walk in a manner worthy of the Lord and may please Him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God,
• Col 2:6–9Therefore, just as you have received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to walk in Him,
• Acts 4:32The multitude of believers was one in heart and soul. No one claimed that any of his possessions was his own, but they shared everything they owned.
• Gal 1:6–9I am amazed how quickly you are deserting the One who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel—
• Phil 1:27Nevertheless, conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ. Then, whether I come and see you or only hear about you in my absence, I will know that you stand firm in one spirit, contending side by side for the faith of the gospel,
• 1 Cor 10:16–17Is not the cup of blessing that we bless a participation in the blood of Christ? And is not the bread that we break a participation in the body of Christ?
• 1 Cor 1:10I appeal to you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree together, so that there may be no divisions among you and that you may be united in mind and conviction.
• Gal 5:2–4Take notice: I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no value to you at all.
• Phil 2:2–5then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being united in spirit and purpose.
• Col 1:18And He is the head of the body, the church; He is the beginning and firstborn from among the dead, so that in all things He may have preeminence.
• Ps 139:15–16My frame was not hidden from You when I was made in secret, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.
• Eph 1:22And God put everything under His feet and made Him head over everything for the church,
• Eph 5:29Indeed, no one ever hated his own body, but he nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church.
• John 17:21that all of them may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I am in You. May they also be in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me.
• Eph 4:3and with diligence to preserve the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.
• Job 19:9–12He has stripped me of my honor and removed the crown from my head.

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