Colossians 1:3-8

3We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you, 4Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have to all the saints, 5For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, of which ye have heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel; 6Which is come to you, as it is in all the world; and bringeth forth fruit, as it doth also in you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew the grace of God in truth: 7As ye also learned from Epaphras our dear fellowservant, who is for you a faithful minister of Christ; 8Who also declared to us your love in the Spirit.