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ForγὰρI wantΘέλωyouὑμᾶςto knowεἰδέναιhow greatἡλίκονa struggleἀγῶναI haveἔχωforὑπὲρyouὑμῶνandκαὶfor thoseτῶνinἐνLaodicea,Λαοδικείᾳandκαὶfor all whoὅσοιhave notοὐχseenἑόρακανmy faceτὸ πρόσωπόν μουinἐνthe flesh,σαρκί
Colossians 2:1
Study it in the app“For I want you to know how great a struggle I have for you and for those in Laodicea, and for all who have not seen my face in the flesh,”
With the Greek beneath
Colossians 2:1, word by word
- I wantΘέλωThelō
want
To have the desire or the resolve for something.
Where else “Thelō” appears- to knowεἰδέναιeidenai
know
To hold a fact as certain, to be aware of it.
Where else “eidenai” appears- how greatἡλίκονhēlikon
how great
Expresses the size of something, with wonder.
Where else “hēlikon” appears- a struggleἀγῶναagōna
struggle
The hard effort of a life of faith, like a contest.
Where else “agōna” appears- I haveἔχωechō
have
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “echō” appears- LaodiceaΛαοδικείᾳLaodikeiai
Laodicea
See it on the mapWhere else “Laodikeiai” appears- seenἑόρακανheorakan
see
To perceive with sight, to look and notice what is in front.
Where else “heorakan” appears- my faceπρόσωπόνprosōpon
face
The front of the head, where the eyes and the expression are seen.
Where else “prosōpon” appears- the fleshσαρκίsarki
flesh
The soft part of the body, of people or animals; also the body itself.
Where else “sarki” appears
Places in this verse
Laodicea
Today: Laodicea ruins, near Denizli, Turkey
A city in what is now southwest Turkey, in the Lycus River valley, near Colossae.
Paul cared about its assembly and asked that his letter be read there (Col 2:1; 4:16). Jesus rebuked it for being lukewarm (Rev 3:14-16).
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2so that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, and attaining to all the riches of the full assurance of understanding, for the knowledge of the mystery of God, the Messiah,