Colossians 2:1
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2 For I want you to know how greatly I strive for you and for those in Laodicea and for all who have not seen me face to face.
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Colossians 1:29
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29 For this I toil and strive with all the energy that he powerfully inspires within me.(A)
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Philippians 1:30
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30 since you are having the same struggle that you saw I had and now hear that I still have.(A)
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Colossians 4:12-13
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12 Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ,[a] greets you. He is always striving in his prayers on your behalf, so that you may stand mature and fully assured[b] in everything that God wills.(A) 13 For I testify for him that he has worked hard for you and for those in Laodicea and in Hierapolis.
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Revelation 3:14-22
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The Message to Laodicea
14 “And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: The words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the origin[a] of God’s creation:(A)
15 “I know your works; you are neither cold nor hot. I wish that you were either cold or hot. 16 So, because you are lukewarm and neither cold nor hot, I am about to spit you out of my mouth. 17 For you say, ‘I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing.’ You do not realize that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked.(B) 18 Therefore I advise you to buy from me gold refined by fire so that you may be rich, and white robes to clothe yourself and to keep the shame of your nakedness from being seen, and salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see.(C) 19 I reprove and discipline those whom I love. Be earnest, therefore, and repent.(D) 20 Listen! I am standing at the door, knocking; if you hear my voice and open the door, I will come in and eat with you, and you with me.(E) 21 To the one who conquers I will give a place with me on my throne, just as I myself conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne.(F) 22 Let anyone who has an ear listen to what the Spirit is saying to the churches.”
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- 3.14 Or beginning
Revelation 1:11
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11 saying, “Write in a book what you see, and send it to the seven churches, to Ephesus, to Smyrna, to Pergamum, to Thyatira, to Sardis, to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.”
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Colossians 1:24
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Paul’s Interest in the Colossians
24 I am now rejoicing in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am completing what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church.
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Acts 20:38
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38 grieving especially because of what he had said, that they would not see him again. Then they brought him to the ship.(A)
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1 Peter 1:8
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8 Although you have not seen[a] him, you love him, and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and rejoice with an indescribable and glorious joy,(A)
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- 1.8 Other ancient authorities read known
1 Thessalonians 2:2
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2 but though we had already suffered and been shamefully mistreated at Philippi, as you know, we had courage in our God to declare to you the gospel of God in spite of great opposition.(A)
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Colossians 4:15-16
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15 Give my greetings to the brothers and sisters in Laodicea and to Nympha and the church in her[a] house.(A) 16 And when this letter has been read among you, have it read also in the church of the Laodiceans, and see that you read also the letter from Laodicea.
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- 4.15 Other ancient authorities read his or their
Colossians 2:5
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5 For though I am absent in body, yet I am with you in spirit, and I rejoice to see your orderly conduct and the firmness of your faith in Christ.(A)
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Galatians 4:19
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19 My little children, for whom I am again in the pain of childbirth until Christ is formed in you,(A)
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Acts 20:25
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25 “And now I know that none of you, among whom I have gone about proclaiming the kingdom, will ever see my face again.(A)
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Luke 22:44
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44 In his anguish he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat became like great drops of blood falling down on the ground.]][a](A)
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Hosea 12:3-4
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3 In the womb he tried to supplant his brother,
and in his manhood he strove with God.(A)
4 He strove with the angel and prevailed;
he wept and sought his favor;
he met him at Bethel,
and there he spoke with him.[a](B)
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- 12.4 Gk Syr: Heb us
Genesis 32:24-30
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24 Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him until daybreak.(A) 25 When the man saw that he did not prevail against Jacob, he struck him on the hip socket, and Jacob’s hip was put out of joint as he wrestled with him. 26 Then he said, “Let me go, for the day is breaking.” But Jacob said, “I will not let you go, unless you bless me.”(B) 27 So he said to him, “What is your name?” And he said, “Jacob.” 28 Then the man[a] said, “You shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel,[b] for you have striven with God and with humans[c] and have prevailed.”(C) 29 Then Jacob asked him, “Please tell me your name.” But he said, “Why is it that you ask my name?” And there he blessed him.(D) 30 So Jacob called the place Peniel,[d] saying, “For I have seen God face to face, yet my life is preserved.”(E)
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Hebrews 5:7
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7 In the days of his flesh, Jesus[a] offered up prayers and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to the one who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverent submission.(A)
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- 5.7 Gk he
Genesis 30:8
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8 Then Rachel said, “With mighty wrestlings I have wrestled with my sister and have prevailed,” so she named him Naphtali.[a](A)
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- 30.8 In Heb Naphtali resembles the verb for I have wrestled
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