Colossians 3:15

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

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Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which you were called in one body — and be thankful. Peace umpires the heart; gratitude shapes the community.

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

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“And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.”

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“And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to the which also ye were called in one body; and be ye thankful.”

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“and let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also ye were called in one body, and become thankful.”

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Cross references

Other passages that echo Colossians 3:15 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Psalms 29:11The LORD gives His people strength; the LORD blesses His people with peace.
  2. Psalms 100:4Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise; give thanks to Him and bless His name.
  3. Psalms 107:22Let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving and declare His works with rejoicing.
  4. Psalms 116:17I will offer to You a sacrifice of thanksgiving and call on the name of the LORD.
  5. Isaiah 26:3You will keep in perfect peace the steadfast of mind, because he trusts in You.
  6. Isaiah 27:5Or let them lay claim to My protection; let them make peace with Me— yes, let them make peace with Me.”
  7. Isaiah 57:15For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit, to restore the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the contrite.
  8. Isaiah 57:19bringing praise to their lips. Peace, peace to those far and near,” says the LORD, “and I will heal them.”
  9. Jonah 2:9But I, with the voice of thanksgiving, will sacrifice to You. I will fulfill what I have vowed. Salvation is from the LORD!”
  10. Luke 17:16He fell facedown at Jesus’ feet in thanksgiving to Him—and he was a Samaritan.
  11. John 14:27Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled; do not be afraid.
  12. John 16:33I have told you these things so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take courage; I have overcome the world!”
  13. Romans 1:21For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts.
  14. Romans 5:1Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
  15. Romans 14:17For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
  16. Romans 15:13Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
  17. 1 Corinthians 7:15But if the unbeliever leaves, let him go. The believing brother or sister is not bound in such cases. God has called you to live in peace.
  18. 2 Corinthians 4:15All this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is extending to more and more people may overflow in thanksgiving, to the glory of God.
  19. 2 Corinthians 5:19that God was reconciling the world to Himself in Christ, not counting men’s trespasses against them. And He has committed to us the message of reconciliation.
  20. 2 Corinthians 9:11You will be enriched in every way to be generous on every occasion, so that through us your giving will produce thanksgiving to God.
  21. Ephesians 2:12remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world.
  22. Ephesians 4:4There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called;
  23. Ephesians 4:16From Him the whole body, fitted and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love through the work of each individual part.
  24. Ephesians 5:1Be imitators of God, therefore, as beloved children,

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