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Colossians 2:2

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their: Colossians 4:8; Isaiah 40:1; Romans 15:13; 2 Corinthians 1:4-6; 1 Thessalonians 3:2, 1 Thessalonians 5:14; 2 Thessalonians 2:16-17

being: Colossians 3:14; Psalms 133:1; John 17:21; Acts 4:32; Galatians 3:28; Philippians 2:1; 1 John 4:12-13

all: Colossians 1:27

of the full: Isaiah 32:17; 1 Thessalonians 1:5; Hebrews 6:11, Hebrews 10:22; 2 Peter 1:10; 1 John 3:19

understanding: John 6:69, John 17:3; Romans 16:25; 1 Corinthians 2:12; Ephesians 1:17-19, Ephesians 3:9-10; Philippians 3:8; 2 Peter 1:3, 2 Peter 3:18

to the: Colossians 1:9; 1 John 5:7

of the Father: Colossians 1:15-17; Isaiah 53:11; Jeremiah 9:24; Matthew 11:25, Matthew 11:27; Luke 10:21-22; John 1:1-3 John 5:17, John 5:23, John 10:30, John 10:38, John 14:9-11, John 16:15, John 17:21-23; 1 Timothy 3:16

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