New American Standard Bible 1995

Colossians 1:4-8

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

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Notes

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

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