New American Standard Bible 2020

Colossians 1:1-5

1 1Paul, 2an apostle of Christ Jesus 3 4by the will of God, and 5Timothy 6our brother,

2To the 7 8saints and faithful brothers and sisters in Christ who are at Colossae: 9Grace to you and peace from God our Father.

3 10We 11give thanks to God, 12the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you, 4 13since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and the 14love which you have 15for 16all the 17saints; 5because of the 18hope 19reserved for you in 20heaven, of which you previously 21heard in the word of truth, 22the gospel

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Notes

1. Colossians 1:1 Phil 1:1 ↩
2. Colossians 1:1 2 Cor 1:1 ↩
3. Colossians 1:1 Lit through ↩
4. Colossians 1:1 1 Cor 1:1 ↩
5. Colossians 1:1 2 Cor 1:1; 1 Thess 3:2 ↩
6. Colossians 1:1 Lit the ↩
7. Colossians 1:2 Lit holy ones; i.e., God’s people ↩
8. Colossians 1:2 Acts 9:13 ↩
9. Colossians 1:2 Rom 1:7 ↩
10. Colossians 1:3 Rom 1:8 ↩
11. Colossians 1:3 Or always give...praying for you ↩
12. Colossians 1:3 Rom 15:6; 2 Cor 1:3 ↩
13. Colossians 1:4 Eph 1:15; Philem 5 ↩
14. Colossians 1:4 Gal 5:6 ↩
15. Colossians 1:4 Or toward ↩
16. Colossians 1:4 Eph 6:18 ↩
17. Colossians 1:4 Lit holy ones; i.e., God’s people ↩
18. Colossians 1:5 Acts 23:6 ↩
19. Colossians 1:5 2 Tim 4:8 ↩
20. Colossians 1:5 Lit the heavens ↩
21. Colossians 1:5 Eph 1:13 ↩
22. Colossians 1:5 Or of the gospel ↩

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