Colossians 2:5

Bishops' Bible (1568)

For though I be absent in the fleshe, yet am I with you in the spirite, ioying and beholdyng your order, and your stedfast fayth in Christe.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Pet 5:9 : 9 Whom resist stedfast in the fayth, knowyng that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the worlde.
  • 1 Cor 14:40 : 40 Let all thynges be done honestlie and in order.
  • 1 Cor 16:13 : 13 Watche ye, stande fast in the fayth, quyte you lyke men, be strong.
  • 1 Thess 2:17 : 17 Forasmuch brethren, as we are kept from you for a short season, in person, not in heart, we enforced ye more to see you personally with great desire.
  • 1 Thess 3:8 : 8 For nowe we lyue, yf ye stande fast in the Lorde.
  • Heb 3:14 : 14 For we are made partakers of Christe, yf we kepe sure vnto the ende the begynnyng of the substaunce,
  • Heb 6:19 : 19 Which hope we holde as an ancker of the soule both sure and stedfast, and entryng in, into that thing which is within the vayle:
  • 2 Pet 3:17-18 : 17 Ye therfore beloued, seyng ye be warned afore hande, beware lest ye with other men be also plucked away through the errour of the wicked, and fall from your owne stedfastnesse: 18 But growe in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lorde and sauiour Iesus Christe, to whom be glorie both nowe and for euer. Amen.
  • 1 Cor 15:58 : 58 Therfore my beloued brethren, be ye stedfast, vnmouable, alwayes riche in the worke of the Lorde, forasmuch as ye knowe that your labour is not in vayne in the Lorde.
  • 1 Cor 5:3-4 : 3 For I veryly, as absent in body, but present in spirite, haue determined alredie, as though I were present, concernyng hym that hath done this deede. 4 In the name of our Lorde Iesus Christe, when ye are gathered together and my spirite, with the power of the Lorde Iesus Christe,
  • 2 Chr 29:35 : 35 And therto ye burnt offringes were many, with the fat of the peaceoffringes, & the drinke offringes, that belong to the burnt offring: And so the seruice parteyning to the house of the Lorde, was finished.
  • Ps 78:8 : 8 And that they be not as their forefathers were a rebellious and a mutable generation: a generation that directed not their heart aright, and whose spirite cleaued not stedfastly vnto God.
  • Ps 78:37 : 37 Yet for all that he beyng most merciful: cleane pardoned all their misdeedes, and destroyed them not.
  • Acts 2:42 : 42 And they continued stedfastly in the Apostles doctrine and felowship, and in breakyng of bread, and in prayers.
  • 1 Cor 11:34 : 34 If any man hunger, let hym eate at home, that ye come not together vnto condempnation. Other thynges wyll I set in order when I come.
  • Col 2:1 : 1 For I woulde that ye knew what great fight I haue for you, and for them that are at Laodicea, and for as many as haue not seene my face in the fleshe,
  • Ruth 1:18 : 18 When she sawe that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, she left speaking vnto her.

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  • Phil 1:24-27
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    24Neuerthelesse, to abyde in ye fleshe, is more needefull for you.

    25And this am I sure of, that I shall abyde & continue with you all, for your furtheraunce and ioy of fayth,

    26That your reioysyng may be ye more aboundaunt in Iesus Christe for me, by my commyng to you agayne.

    27Only let your conuersation be, as it becommeth the Gospell of Christe: that whether I come and set you, or els be absent, I may yet heare of your matters, that ye continue in one spirite, in one soule, fyghtyng together for ye fayth of the Gospell.

  • Eph 1:15
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    15Wherfore I also after that I hearde of the fayth which ye haue in the Lorde Iesus, and loue vnto all the saintes,

  • 1 Cor 5:3-4
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    3For I veryly, as absent in body, but present in spirite, haue determined alredie, as though I were present, concernyng hym that hath done this deede.

    4In the name of our Lorde Iesus Christe, when ye are gathered together and my spirite, with the power of the Lorde Iesus Christe,

  • Rom 1:11-12
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    11For I long to see you, that I myght bestowe among you some spirituall gift, that ye myght be stablisshed.

    12That is, that I might haue consolation together with you, eche with others fayth, yours and mine.

  • Phlm 1:5-8
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    5Hearyng of thy loue and fayth, which thou hast towarde the Lorde Iesus, and towarde all saintes:

    6That the felowshippe of thy fayth may be effectuall in the knowledge of euery good worke which is in you, towarde Christe Iesus.

    7For we haue great ioy & consolation in thy loue, because the bowels of the saintes are refresshed by thee, brother.

    8Wherfore, though I myght be much bolde in Christe, to inioyne thee that which is conuenient:

  • Col 2:1-2
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    1For I woulde that ye knew what great fight I haue for you, and for them that are at Laodicea, and for as many as haue not seene my face in the fleshe,

    2That their heartes myght be comforted, beyng knyt together in loue, and in al riches of certaintie of vnderstanding, to knowe the misterie of God, and of the father, and of Christe,

  • Phil 1:5
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    5For your felowship in the Gospell, fro the first day vntyll nowe.

  • Phil 2:17-19
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    17Yea, and though I be offered vp vpo the offeryng and seruice of your fayth, I reioyce, and reioyce with you all.

    18For the same cause also do ye reioyce, and reioyce with me.

    19But I trust in the Lorde Iesus, to sende Timotheus shortly vnto you, that I also may be of good comfort, when I knowe your state.

  • 2 Cor 5:6-8
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    6Therfore we are alway of good cheare, and knowe, that as long as we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lorde.

    7(For we walke by fayth, not after outwarde appearaunce.)

    8Neuerthelesse, we are of good comfort, and had rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lorde.

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    24Nowe iowe I in my sufferynges for you, and fulfyll that which is behynde of the passions of Christe, in my fleshe, for his bodyes sake, which is ye Church:

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    4Sence we hearde of your fayth in Christe Iesus, and of the loue which is to all saintes,

  • Col 2:6-7
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    6As ye haue therfore receaued Christe Iesus the Lorde, so walke ye in hym:

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    3And I wrote this same vnto you, lest when I came, I shoulde take heauynesse of them of whom I ought to reioyce. This confidence haue I toward you all, that my ioy is the ioy of you all.

  • Phil 1:7-8
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    7As it becommeth me to iudge this of you al, because I haue you in my heart, and in my bondes, in the defence and confirmation of the Gospell, you all beyng partakers of my grace.

    8For God is my recorde howe greatly I long after you all, in the bowels of Iesus Christe.

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    22The Lorde Iesus Christe be with thy spirite: Grace be with you. Amen. The seconde epistle vnto Timothe, was written from Rome, when Paul was presented the seconde tyme vnto the Emperour Nero.

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    18What then? So that Christe be preached any maner of way, whether it be by pretence, or by trueth, I ioy therein, and wyll ioy.

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    16I reioyce that I may be bolde in you in all thynges.

  • Col 2:4
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    4This I say, lest any man shoulde begyle you with perswasion of wordes.

  • Phil 2:12
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    12Wherfore, my dearely beloued, as ye haue alwayes obeyed, not as in my presence only, but nowe much more in my absence, worke out your owne saluation with feare and tremblyng.

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    9For this cause veryly did I write, that I myght knowe the profe of you, whether ye be obedient in all thynges.

  • 1 Thess 3:5
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    5For this cause, when I coulde no longer forbeare, I sent to knowe your fayth, lest by some meanes the tempter had tempted you, and our labour had ben vayne.

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    5Ueryly I suppose that I was not behynde the chiefe Apostles.

  • 2 Cor 1:24
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    24Not that we be Lordes ouer your fayth, but are helpers of your ioy. For by fayth ye stande.

  • 2 Cor 13:10
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    10Therfore write I these thynges beyng absent, lest when I am present, I should vse sharpenesse, accordyng to the power which the Lorde hath geuen me to edification, and not to destruction.

  • 2 Cor 10:1-2
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    1I Paul my selfe beseche you by the mekenesse & gentlenesse of Christ, whiche when I am present among you, am lowlye: but am bolde towarde you beyng absent.

    2I beseche you, that I neede not to be bolde when I am present, with that same boldnesse, wherwith I am supposed to haue ben bolde, agaynst some, which repute vs as though we walked accordyng to the fleshe.

  • 2 Cor 10:11
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    11Let hym that is such, thynke on this wise: that as we are in worde by letters, when we are absent, such are we in deede when we are present.

  • Phil 1:30
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    30Hauing the same fight, which ye sawe in me, and nowe heare in me.

  • Phil 4:1
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    1Therfore my brethren beloued & longed for, my ioy and crowne, so continue in the Lorde ye beloued.

  • Phil 4:10
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    10But I reioyce in the Lorde greatly, that nowe at the last you are reuiued againe to care for me, in ye wherin ye were also carefull, but ye lacked oportunitie.

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    20But I desire to be present with you nowe, and to chaunge my voyce: for I stande in doubt of you.

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    13Whom I woulde haue retayned with me, that in thy steade he myght haue ministred vnto me in the bondes of the Gospell:

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    17For this cause haue I sent vnto you Timotheus, whiche is my beloued sonne, & faythfull in the Lorde, which shall put you in remembraunce of my wayes which be in Christe, as I teache euery where in all Churches.

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    18It is good alwayes to be zelous in a good thyng, and not only when I am present with you

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    2Fulfyl ye my ioy, that ye be lyke mynded, hauyng the same loue, being of one accorde, of one mynde,