Colossians 1:6

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“that has come to you. All over the world this gospel is bearing fruit and growing, just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and truly understood the grace of God.”

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Read Colossians 1:6 in the flow of Colossians1 for its full sense, then follow the cross-references below to the passages that echo it. Open Colossians1 to see the surrounding context.

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BSBPD

“that has come to you. All over the world this gospel is bearing fruit and growing, just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and truly understood the grace of God.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Which is come unto you, as it is in all the world; and bringeth forth fruit, as it doth also in you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew the grace of God in truth:”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“which is come unto you; even as it is also in all the world bearing fruit and increasing, as it doth in you also, since the day ye heard and knew the grace of God in truth;”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“which is present to you, as also in all the world, and is bearing fruit, as also in you, from the day in which ye heard, and knew the grace of God in truth;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Colossians 1:6 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Psalms 98:3He has remembered His love and faithfulness to the house of Israel; all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
  2. Psalms 110:3Your people shall be willing on Your day of battle. Arrayed in holy splendor, from the womb of the dawn, to You belongs the dew of Your youth.
  3. Matthew 24:14And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.
  4. Matthew 28:19Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,
  5. Mark 4:8Still other seed fell on good soil, where it sprouted, grew up, and produced a crop—one bearing thirtyfold, another sixtyfold, and another a hundredfold.”
  6. Mark 4:26Jesus also said, “The kingdom of God is like a man who scatters seed on the ground.
  7. Mark 16:15And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.
  8. John 4:23But a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth, for the Father is seeking such as these to worship Him.
  9. John 15:16You did not choose Me, but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit—fruit that will remain—so that whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.
  10. Acts 11:18When they heard this, their objections were put to rest, and they glorified God, saying, “So then, God has granted even the Gentiles repentance unto life.”
  11. Acts 12:24But the word of God continued to spread and multiply.
  12. Acts 16:14Among those listening was a woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth from the city of Thyatira, who was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to respond to Paul’s message.
  13. Acts 26:18to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those sanctified by faith in Me.’
  14. Romans 1:13I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, how often I planned to come to you (but have been prevented from visiting until now), in order that I might have a harvest among you, just as I have had among the other Gentiles.
  15. Romans 10:17Consequently, faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.
  16. Romans 15:19by the power of signs and wonders, and by the power of the Spirit of God. So from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum, I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ.
  17. Romans 15:28So after I have completed this service and have safely delivered this bounty to them, I will set off to Spain by way of you.
  18. Romans 16:26but now revealed and made known through the writings of the prophets by the command of the eternal God, in order to lead all nations to the obedience that comes from faith—
  19. 1 Corinthians 15:10But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace to me was not in vain. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.
  20. 2 Corinthians 6:1As God’s fellow workers, then, we urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain.
  21. 2 Corinthians 10:14We are not overstepping our bounds, as if we had not come to you. Indeed, we were the first to reach you with the gospel of Christ.
  22. Ephesians 3:2Surely you have heard about the stewardship of God’s grace that was given to me for you,
  23. Ephesians 4:21Surely you heard of Him and were taught in Him—in keeping with the truth that is in Jesus—
  24. Ephesians 4:23to be renewed in the spirit of your minds;

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