New American Standard Bible 1995

Colossians 1:3-8

3 1We give thanks to God, 2the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you, 4 3since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and the 4love which you have 5for 6all the 7saints; 5because of the 8hope 9laid up for you in 10heaven, of which you previously 11heard in the word of truth, 12the gospel 6which has come to you, just as 13 14in all the world also it is constantly bearing 15fruit and 16increasing, even as it has been doing in you also since the day you 17heard of it and 18understood the grace of God in truth; 7just as you learned it from 19Epaphras, our 20beloved fellow bond-servant, who is a faithful servant of Christ on our behalf, 8and he also informed us of your 21love in the Spirit.

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Notes

1. Colossians 1:3 Rom 1:8 ↩
2. Colossians 1:3 Rom 15:6; 2 Cor 1:3 ↩
3. Colossians 1:4 Eph 1:15; Philem 5 ↩
4. Colossians 1:4 Gal 5:6 ↩
5. Colossians 1:4 Or toward ↩
6. Colossians 1:4 Eph 6:18 ↩
7. Colossians 1:4 Or holy ones ↩
8. Colossians 1:5 Acts 23:6 ↩
9. Colossians 1:5 2 Tim 4:8 ↩
10. Colossians 1:5 Lit the heavens ↩
11. Colossians 1:5 Eph 1:13 ↩
12. Colossians 1:5 Or of the gospel ↩
13. Colossians 1:6 Or it is in the world ↩
14. Colossians 1:6 Rom 10:18 ↩
15. Colossians 1:6 Rom 1:13 ↩
16. Colossians 1:6 Or spreading abroad ↩
17. Colossians 1:6 Eph 4:21 ↩
18. Colossians 1:6 Or came really to know ↩
19. Colossians 1:7 Col 4:12 ↩
20. Colossians 1:7 Col 4:7 ↩
21. Colossians 1:8 Rom 15:30 ↩

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