Col 1:4 | JFB | STEP | 4. Since we heard-- literally, "Having heard." The language implies that he had only heard of, and not seen, them ( ). Compare , where like language is used of a Church which he had not at the time visited. love ... to all-- the absent, as well as those present [Bengel].

‏ Colossians 1:4

4. Since we heard--literally, "Having heard." The language implies that he had only heard of, and not seen, them (Col 2:1). Compare Ro 1:8, where like language is used of a Church which he had not at the time visited.

love ... to all--the absent, as well as those present [Bengel].