Colossians 1:24   (Read all of Colossians 1)

Now I rejoice in what I am suffering for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is still lacking in regard to Christ's afflictions, for the sake of his body, which is the church.

Colossians 1:27   (Read all of Colossians 1)

To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

Colossians 1:28   (Read all of Colossians 1)

He is the one we proclaim, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone fully mature in Christ.

Colossians 1:29   (Read all of Colossians 1)

To this end I strenuously contend with all the energy Christ so powerfully works in me.

Colossians 2:2   (Read all of Colossians 2)

My goal is that they may be encouraged in heart and united in love, so that they may have the full riches of complete understanding, in order that they may know the mystery of God, namely, Christ,

Colossians 2:5   (Read all of Colossians 2)

For though I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit and delight to see how disciplined you are and how firm your faith in Christ is.

Colossians 2:6   (Read all of Colossians 2)

So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him,

Colossians 2:9   (Read all of Colossians 2)

For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form,

Colossians 2:10   (Read all of Colossians 2)

and in Christ you have been brought to fullness. He is the head over every power and authority.

Colossians 2:11   (Read all of Colossians 2)

In him you were also circumcised with a circumcision not performed by human hands. Your whole self ruled by the flesh was put off when you were circumcised by Christ,

Colossians 2:13   (Read all of Colossians 2)

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

Colossians 2:17   (Read all of Colossians 2)

These are a shadow of the things that were to come; the reality, however, is found in Christ.

Colossians 3:3   (Read all of Colossians 3)

For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.

Colossians 3:4   (Read all of Colossians 3)

When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.

Colossians 3:11   (Read all of Colossians 3)

Here there is no Gentile or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave or free, but Christ is all, and is in all.

Colossians 3:15   (Read all of Colossians 3)

Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful.

Colossians 3:16   (Read all of Colossians 3)

Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts.

Colossians 4:3   (Read all of Colossians 4)

And pray for us, too, that God may open a door for our message, so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains.

Colossians 4:12   (Read all of Colossians 4)

Epaphras, who is one of you and a servant of Christ Jesus, sends greetings. He is always wrestling in prayer for you, that you may stand firm in all the will of God, mature and fully assured.

1 Thessalonians 1:1   (Read all of 1 Thessalonians 1)

Paul, Silas and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace and peace to you.

1 Thessalonians 1:3   (Read all of 1 Thessalonians 1)

We remember before our God and Father your work produced by faith, your labor prompted by love, and your endurance inspired by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Thessalonians 2:14   (Read all of 1 Thessalonians 2)

For you, brothers and sisters, became imitators of God's churches in Judea, which are in Christ Jesus: You suffered from your own people the same things those churches suffered from the Jews

1 Thessalonians 3:2   (Read all of 1 Thessalonians 3)

We sent Timothy, who is our brother and co-worker in God's service in spreading the gospel of Christ, to strengthen and encourage you in your faith,

1 Thessalonians 4:16   (Read all of 1 Thessalonians 4)

For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.