Col 1:4-5 | TNotes | STEP | 1:4 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 ).

‏ Colossians 1:4-5

1:4 ^a 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 ^b).
1:5 ^c The Colossian Christians’ confident hope gives them a secure foundation for their faith and love (1:4 ^d).

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