Col 1:3-5 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Col 1:3-14: 1:3-14 This opening section begins with a thanksgiving, typical of New Testament letters. Paul thanks God for the Colossians’ progress in the faith and prays that they might understand it even better. With this prayer, Paul hints at his concern about the influence of false teachers.

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‏ Colossians 1:3-5

Summary for Col 1:3-14: 1:3-14 ^a This opening section begins with a thanksgiving, typical of New Testament letters. Paul thanks God for the Colossians’ progress in the faith and prays that they might understand it even better. With this prayer, Paul hints at his concern about the influence of false teachers.
1:4 ^b God’s people (literally holy ones, or saints): In the New Testament, all Christians are saints, people who have been specially set apart by God as his own holy people (3:12 ^c).
1:5 ^d The Colossian Christians’ confident hope gives them a secure foundation for their faith and love (1:4 ^e).

• What God has reserved for believers has not yet been fully revealed, but it already exists in heaven.