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Colossians 2:5–7

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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.
As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him:
Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.
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From verse 5

  1. 1 Corinthians 5:3–4Rank 1 from verse 5
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    3For I verily, as absent in body, but present in spirit, have judged already, as though I were present, concerning him that hath so done this deed,

    4In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ,

  2. 1 Thessalonians 2:17Rank 2 from verse 5
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    17But we, brethren, being taken from you for a short time in presence, not in heart, endeavoured the more abundantly to see your face with great desire.

  3. 1 Corinthians 16:13Rank 3 from verse 5
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    13Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.

  4. 1 Peter 5:9Rank 4 from verse 5
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    9Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.

  5. 2 Peter 3:17–18Rank 5 from verse 5
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    17Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness.

    18But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.

  6. 1 Corinthians 14:40Rank 6 from verse 5
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    40Let all things be done decently and in order.

  7. Hebrews 3:14Rank 7 from verse 5
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    14For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;

  8. 1 Corinthians 15:58Rank 8 from verse 5
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    58Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.

  9. 1 Thessalonians 3:8Rank 9 from verse 5
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    8For now we live, if ye stand fast in the Lord.

  10. Hebrews 6:19Rank 10 from verse 5
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    19Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;

  11. Psalms 78:37Rank 11 from verse 5
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    37For their heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant.

  12. Psalms 78:8Rank 12 from verse 5
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    8And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God.

  13. 2 Chronicles 29:35Rank 13 from verse 5
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    35And also the burnt offerings were in abundance, with the fat of the peace offerings, and the drink offerings for every burnt offering. So the service of the house of the Lord was set in order.

  14. Acts 2:42Rank 14 from verse 5
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    42And they continued stedfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.

  15. Colossians 2:1Rank 15 from verse 5
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    1FOR I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh;

  16. 1 Corinthians 11:34Rank 16 from verse 5
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    34And if any man hunger, let him eat at home; that ye come not together unto condemnation. And the rest will I set in order when I come.

  17. Ruth 1:18Rank 17 from verse 5
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    18When she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, then she left speaking unto her.

From verse 6

  1. Colossians 1:10Rank 1 from verse 6
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    10That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

  2. 1 John 2:6Rank 2 from verse 6
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    6He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.

  3. 1 Thessalonians 4:1Rank 3 from verse 6
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    1FURTHERMORE then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more.

  4. Ephesians 5:1–2Rank 4 from verse 6
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    1BE ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;

    2And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.

  5. Galatians 2:20Rank 5 from verse 6
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    20I 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.

  6. 2 Corinthians 5:7Rank 6 from verse 6
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    7(For we walk by faith, not by sight:)

  7. Colossians 3:17Rank 7 from verse 6
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    17And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.

  8. Philippians 1:27Rank 8 from verse 6
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    27Only 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;

  9. 2 John 1:8–9Rank 9 from verse 6
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    8Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward.

    9Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.

  10. 1 John 5:20Rank 10 from verse 6
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    20And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.

  11. Ephesians 4:1Rank 11 from verse 6
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    1I THEREFORE, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,

  12. Jude 1:3Rank 12 from verse 6
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    3Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.

  13. Hebrews 3:14Rank 13 from verse 6
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    14For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;

  14. Matthew 10:40Rank 14 from verse 6
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    40¶ He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.

  15. 1 John 5:11–12Rank 15 from verse 6
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    11And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

    12He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.

  16. Isaiah 2:5Rank 16 from verse 6
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    5O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the Lord.

  17. John 14:6Rank 17 from verse 6
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    6Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

  18. 1 Corinthians 1:30Rank 18 from verse 6
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    30But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:

  19. John 13:20Rank 19 from verse 6
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    20Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that receiveth whomsoever I send receiveth me; and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.

  20. Micah 4:2Rank 20 from verse 6
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    2And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

  21. John 1:12–13Rank 21 from verse 6
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    12But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:

    13Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

From verse 7

  1. Ephesians 3:17Rank 1 from verse 7
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    17That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,

  2. Jeremiah 17:8Rank 2 from verse 7
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    8For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.

  3. Ephesians 2:20–22Rank 3 from verse 7
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    20And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;

    21In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:

    22In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.

  4. John 15:4–5Rank 4 from verse 7
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    4Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.

    5I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.

  5. Colossians 1:23Rank 5 from verse 7
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    23If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;

  6. 2 Peter 3:17–18Rank 6 from verse 7
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    17Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness.

    18But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.

  7. 2 Thessalonians 2:17Rank 7 from verse 7
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    17Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work.

  8. Colossians 1:12–13Rank 8 from verse 7
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    12Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:

    13Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:

  9. Matthew 7:24–25Rank 9 from verse 7
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    24¶ Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:

    25And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.

  10. Ephesians 5:20Rank 10 from verse 7
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    20Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;

  11. Isaiah 61:3Rank 11 from verse 7
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    3To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified.

  12. 1 Corinthians 15:58Rank 12 from verse 7
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    58Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.

  13. Psalms 1:3Rank 13 from verse 7
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    3And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

  14. Psalms 92:13Rank 14 from verse 7
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    13Those that be planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of our God.

  15. Romans 16:25Rank 15 from verse 7
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    25Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began,

  16. 1 Peter 5:10Rank 16 from verse 7
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    10But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.

  17. Hebrews 13:15Rank 17 from verse 7
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    15By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.

  18. Jude 1:24Rank 18 from verse 7
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    24Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,

  19. Romans 11:17–18Rank 19 from verse 7
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    17And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree;

    18Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.

  20. 1 Corinthians 3:9–15Rank 20 from verse 7
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    9For we are labourers together with God: ye are God’s husbandry, ye are God’s building.

    10According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon.

    11For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.

    12Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;

    13Every man’s work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man’s work of what sort it is.

    14If any man’s work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward.

    15If any man’s work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.

  21. 1 Thessalonians 5:18Rank 21 from verse 7
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    18In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.

  22. Colossians 3:17Rank 22 from verse 7
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    17And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.

  23. Ezekiel 17:23–24Rank 23 from verse 7
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    23In the mountain of the height of Israel will I plant it: and it shall bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a goodly cedar: and under it shall dwell all fowl of every wing; in the shadow of the branches thereof shall they dwell.

    24And all the trees of the field shall know that I the Lord have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish: I the Lord have spoken and have done it.

  24. Luke 6:48Rank 24 from verse 7
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    48He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock.

  25. Ephesians 4:21Rank 25 from verse 7
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    21If so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus:

  26. 1 Peter 2:4–6Rank 26 from verse 7
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    4To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious,

    5Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.

    6Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded.

  27. 2 Corinthians 1:21Rank 27 from verse 7
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    21Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God;

  28. Jude 1:12Rank 28 from verse 7
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    12These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;

  29. Jude 1:20Rank 29 from verse 7
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    20But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost,

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Colossians 2:5

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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flesh

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Sense 1: The soft substance of the body. Sense 2: The body, human nature, kindred, or mankind.

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yet

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1. Up to or at the present or stated time; still. 2. At some future time. 3. Nevertheless; however. 4. In addition; further.

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COMBINED MEANING

you

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The second-person plural pronoun referring to those being addressed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

spirit

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Sense 1: An immaterial living or personal being distinct from a body. Sense 2: The inward life, disposition, mind, or courage of a person. Sense 3: The Holy Spirit, the divine Spirit of God.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

joying

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Present-participial or verbal-noun form of joy, meaning to rejoice, delight, or be glad.

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beholding

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Present-participial or verbal-noun form of behold, meaning to look upon, see, observe, or witness.

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your

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The possessive form of ye or you, ordinarily plural, marking what belongs to, concerns, proceeds from, or stands in relation to the persons addressed.

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order

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Sense 1: Arrangement in a sequence, position, rank, class, manner, pattern, or appointed course. Sense 2: An instruction, rule, prescribed service, or kind of office. Sense 3: To set in order: to arrange, recount, repair, regulate, or complete.

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faith

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Sense 1: The substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen; trust, confidence, belief, persuasion, or reliance. Sense 2: Faithfulness, fidelity, or trustworthiness. Sense 3: The revealed truth or gospel believed and kept.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

Christ

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The Anointed One; the same title as Messias.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Cawdrey 1604 · Webster 1828

DEFINED WORDS

Colossians 2:6

COMBINED MEANING

ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

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received

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Past-tense or past-participial form of receive (to take, accept, admit, welcome, or obtain).

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Christ

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The Anointed One; the same title as Messias.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Cawdrey 1604 · Webster 1828

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Lord

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1. A title of God or Jesus Christ acknowledging authority and rule. 2. A respectful title or address for one in authority.

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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Colossians 2:7

COMBINED MEANING

rooted

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Having its roots planted or fixed in the earth; hence, fixed; deep; radical.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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stablished

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of stablish, meaning to establish, make firm, confirm, or settle securely.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Cawdrey 1604

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faith

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Sense 1: The substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen; trust, confidence, belief, persuasion, or reliance. Sense 2: Faithfulness, fidelity, or trustworthiness. Sense 3: The revealed truth or gospel believed and kept.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

therein

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In, within, during, or concerning that place, person, thing, condition, time, or matter previously mentioned.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

thanksgiving

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1. The act or expression of giving thanks to God. 2. A sacrifice or offering made to God as an expression of thanks.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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2:1FOR I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh;

2:2That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ;

2:3In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

2:4And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with enticing words.

2:5For 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.

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2:6As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him:

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2:7Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.

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