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Colossians 2:1

For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh;

KJV

Θέλω γὰρ ὑμᾶς εἰδέναι ἡλίκον ἀγῶνα ἔχω ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν καὶ τῶν ἐν Λαοδικίᾳ καὶ ὅσοι οὐχ ἑόρακαν τὸ πρόσωπόν μου ἐν σαρκί,

Greek NT

Volo enim vos scire qualem sollicitudinem habeam pro vobis, et pro iis qui sunt Laodiciæ, et quicumque non viderunt faciem meam in carne :

Vulgate

For I would have you know how greatly I strive for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh;

ASV

For I would have you know what manner of care I have for you and for them that are at Laodicea and whosoever have not seen my face in the flesh:

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

18 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Λαοδίκεια
laodikeia
noun · 6×
γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
εἴδω
eido
verb · 317×
θέλω
thelo
verb · 208×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
πρόσωπον
prosopon
noun · 77×
σάρξ
sarx
noun · 147×
ἀγών
agon
noun · 6×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἔχω
echo
verb · 707×
ἡλίκος
elikos
adjective · 3×
o
article · 19778×
ὁράω
orao
verb · 682×
ὅσος
osos
correlative · 108×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×
ὑπέρ
uper
preposition · 148×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

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SBLGNT: ὑπὲρ | WH/Treg/NIV: ὑπὲρ | RP: περὶ
  • ὑπὲρSBLGNT
  • ὑπὲρWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • περὶRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Cor 11:28 — Beside those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches.
  • Acts 20:38 — Sorrowing most of all for the words which he spake, that they should see his face no more. And they accompanied him unto the ship.
  • Col 1:24 — Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body’s sake, which is the church:
  • Col 1:29 — Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.
  • Col 1:29 — Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.
  • Col 4:12 — Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth you, always labouring fervently for you in prayers, that ye may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.
  • Col 4:13 — For I bear him record, that he hath a great zeal for you, and them that are in Laodicea, and them in Hierapolis.
  • Eph 3:8 — Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;
  • Gal 4:19 — My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,
  • Gen 32:24 — And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.
  • Heb 10:32 — But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were illuminated, ye endured a great fight of afflictions;
  • Hos 12:3 — He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God:
  • Phil 1:8 — For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.
  • Phil 1:30 — Having the same conflict which ye saw in me, and now hear to be in me.
  • Rev 1:11 — Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, an
  • Rev 3:14 — And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;
  • Rev 3:14 — And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;
  • Rom 15:30 — Now I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christ’s sake, and for the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in your prayers to God for me;