Colossians 2 Quotes

#1. Perhaps parents' greatest heritage to pass on to their children is the ability to perceive the multitude of God's daily blessings and to respond with continual gratitude. We should be "abounding in thanksgiving" (Colossians 2:7).

Randy Alcorn

#2. Colossians 2:6 says, "As you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him." The path to salvation by faith travels down the way of repentance and we never leave that road.

James MacDonald

#3. Jesus - "the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily" (Colossians 2:9).

John Piper

#4. Beware lest anyone cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the basic principles of the world, and not according to Christ. Colossians 2:8 (emphasis added) So

Andy Mason

#5. My purpose is that they may be encouraged in heart and united in love, so that they may know the mystery of God, namely, Christ.
Colossians 2 2

Anonymous

#6. The teaching of Colossians 2:3-8 is unambiguous. ALL knowledge (note: not simply knowledge of "religious" matters is to be found in Christ.

Greg L. Bahnsen

#7. In Colossians 2:12 and 1 Peter 3:21 baptism is an expression of the faith of the person being baptized. I [do] not see how an infant could properly receive this ordinance as an expression of his or her faith.

John Piper

#8. I keep hearing in my head "you are the Messiah, you are the Messiah". I think there's something wrong with my headphones.

Russell Brand

#9. In the book of Colossians, it talks about that because of what Christ did, we are pure. We are without judgment on ourselves. And only through him can we do something like this.

Jim Bakker

#10. Regardless of what else you put on, wear love. It's your basic, all-purpose garment. Never be without it" (Colossians 3:14).

Stephen W. Smith

#11. As God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. COLOSSIANS 3:12 NIV

Billy Graham

#12. He has reconciled you by His physical body through His death, to present you holy, faultless, and blameless before Him. Colossians 1:22

Beth Moore

#13. Singing is like a celebration of oxygen.

Bjork

#14. [The Apostle] Paul's prayer for the Christians at Colosse should always be on our lips: That "God fill you with the knowledge of his will through all spiritual wisdom and understanding" (Colossians 1:9).

J. Oswald Sanders

#15. Ordinary adults don't like children to speak of things that are denied them by their own gray minds.

Jasper Fforde

#16. But the guarding of our desires is more than fighting a rear-guard defensive action against temptations from the world, the flesh, and the devil. We must take the offensive. Paul directs us to set our hearts on things above, that is, on spiritual values (Colossians 3:1).

Jerry Bridges

#17. For everything, absolutely everything, above and below, visible and invisible ... everything got started in him and finds its purpose in him. Colossians 1:16 (MSG)

Rick Warren

#18. Don't beg for approval or expect respect. Respect comes from within and your choice to allow people to take it from you, by how you teach them to treat you.

Shannon L. Alder

#19. actually considered it. But the sound of more footsteps thundering

Melody Anne

#20. Even the good plans of wise wizards like Gandalf and of good friends like Elrond go astray sometimes when you are off on dangerous adventures over the Edge of the Wild, and Gandalf was a wise enough wizard to know it.

J.R.R. Tolkien

#21. He has rescued us from the domain of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of the Son He loves. Colossians 1:13

Beth Moore

#22. Peace is our inheritance from Jesus, but we have to choose to follow Him daily. Colossians 3:15 teaches us that peace is to be the "umpire" in our lives, settling every issue that needs a decision. To gain and maintain peace in our hearts, we may have to learn to say no to a few things.

Joyce Meyer

#23. We . . . do not cease to pray for you. COLOSSIANS 1:9

Billy Graham

#24. Paul doesn't pray that the Colossians will find something they don't have; rather he prays they'll grow in their awareness and understanding of what they already have.

Tullian Tchividjian

#25. I don't ever be trippin off of what ain't mine.

Drake

#26. The Bible says, "In him all things hold together" (Colossians 1:17, NIV). So if something is falling apart, it's because it's not in Him.

Perry Noble

#27. Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful. COLOSSIANS 3:15

Joel Osteen

#28. While passing through an obscure nook of Notre Dame cathedral, Victor Hugo noticed the Greek work for fate carved in the stone. He imagined a tormented soul driven to engrave this word. From this seed sprang his monumental novel "The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

Alexander Steele

#29. And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.

Colossians 3 14

#30. Not to ask is not be denied.

John Dryden

#31. out of this mass of sinful humanity, he would call and draw out his chosen ones, removing them from the kingdom of darkness and placing them into the kingdom of his Son (Colossians 1:13).

Vincent Cheung

#32. And above all, clothe yourself with love, which binds us all in perfect harmony.

Colossians 3 14

#33. Christ who is your life,' (Col 3:4): This identification reflects the relentless Christological focus of Colossians.

Douglas J. Moo

#34. The power of the bleeding love of God is stronger than the power of Caesar, of the law, of Mars, Mammon, Aphrodite and the rest. This is the point that Paul grasped. And that is the reason for the Colossians' gratitude. The battle has been won.

N. T. Wright

#35. And let the peace that comes from Christ rule in your hearts. For as members of one body you are called to live in peace. - Colossians 3:15

Gary Chapman

#36. When lovely woman stoops to folly And finds too late that men betray What charm can soothe her melancholy What art can wash her guilt away?

Julia London

#37. With the single exception of the American Revolution, the aftermath of all revolutions from 1789 on only worsened the human condition.

Arnold Beichman

#38. Colossians 1:16 tells us that everything was created FOR God ... don't we live instead as though God is created for US, to do OUR bidding, to bless US, and to take care of OUR loved ones?

Francis Chan

#39. Set a great example. Someone may imitate it.

Albert Schweitzer

#40. AND WHATEVER YOU DO, WHETHER IN WORD OR DEED, DO IT ALL IN THE NAME OF THE LORD JESUS, GIVING THANKS TO GOD THE FATHER THROUGH HIM. COLOSSIANS 3:17

Sandra Kristen Moore

#41. The first pale blossom of the unripened year.

Anna Letitia Barbauld

#42. We pray this in order that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and may please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God (Colossians 1:10).

Jim Cymbala