New American Standard Bible 2020
Colossians 1:2-8
2To the 12saintsG40 and faithfulG4103 brothersG80 and sisters in ChristG5547 who are at ColossaeG2857: 3GraceG5485 to you and peaceG1515 from GodG2316 our FatherG3962.
34We 5giveG2168 thanksG2168 to GodG2316, 6the FatherG3962 of our LordG2962 JesusG2424 ChristG5547, prayingG4336 alwaysG3842 for you, 47since we heardG191 of your faithG4102 in ChristG5547 JesusG2424 and the 8loveG26 whichG3739 you haveG2192 9for 10allG3956 the 11saintsG40; 5becauseG1223 of the 12hopeG1680 13reservedG606 for you in 14heavenG3772, of whichG3739 you previouslyG4257 15heardG4257 in the wordG3056 of truthG225, 16the gospelG2098 6which has comeG3918 to you, justG2531 asG2531 1718in allG3956 the worldG2889 alsoG2532 it is bearingG2592 19fruitG2592 and 20increasingG837, evenG2531G2532 asG2531 it has been doing in you alsoG2532 sinceG575 the dayG2250 you 21heardG191 it and 22understoodG1921 the graceG5485 of GodG2316 in truthG225; 7justG2531 asG2531 you learnedG3129 it from 23EpaphrasG1889, our 24belovedG27 fellowG4889 bond-servantG4889, whoG3739 is a faithfulG4103 servantG1249 of ChristG5547 onG5228 our behalfG5228, 8and he alsoG2532 informedG1213 us of your 25loveG26 in the SpiritG4151.
Notes
- 1. Colossians 1:2 Lit holy ones; i.e., God’s people ↩
- 2. Colossians 1:2 Acts 9:13 ↩
- 3. Colossians 1:2 Rom 1:7 ↩
- 4. Colossians 1:3 Rom 1:8 ↩
- 5. Colossians 1:3 Or always give...praying for you ↩
- 6. Colossians 1:3 Rom 15:6; 2 Cor 1:3 ↩
- 7. Colossians 1:4 Eph 1:15; Philem 5 ↩
- 8. Colossians 1:4 Gal 5:6 ↩
- 9. Colossians 1:4 Or toward ↩
- 10. Colossians 1:4 Eph 6:18 ↩
- 11. Colossians 1:4 Lit holy ones; i.e., God’s people ↩
- 12. Colossians 1:5 Acts 23:6 ↩
- 13. Colossians 1:5 2 Tim 4:8 ↩
- 14. Colossians 1:5 Lit the heavens ↩
- 15. Colossians 1:5 Eph 1:13 ↩
- 16. Colossians 1:5 Or of the gospel ↩
- 17. Colossians 1:6 Or it is in all the world also, bearing ↩
- 18. Colossians 1:6 Rom 10:18 ↩
- 19. Colossians 1:6 Rom 1:13 ↩
- 20. Colossians 1:6 Or spreading abroad ↩
- 21. Colossians 1:6 Eph 4:21 ↩
- 22. Colossians 1:6 Or came to fully know ↩
- 23. Colossians 1:7 Col 4:12 ↩
- 24. Colossians 1:7 Col 4:7 ↩
- 25. Colossians 1:8 Rom 15:30 ↩
Commentaries on Colossians 1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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