Colossians 2:1, 3-5

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

in whom are all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge hidden. This I say, that no one may delude you with persuasiveness of speech. For though I am absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, joying and beholding your order, and the stedfastness of your faith in Christ.