aEph. 1:15, 16; Philem. 4
bSee 1 Thess. 1:3
cSee 1 Thess. 1:3
dver. 23; See Acts 23:6; Titus 1:2; Heb. 3:6
e2 Tim. 4:8; 1 Pet. 1:4
fSee Eph. 1:13

Colossians 1:3-5

Thanksgiving and Prayer

3 aWe always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, 4since we heard of byour faith in Christ Jesus and of cthe love that you have for all the saints, 5because of dthe hope elaid up for you in heaven. Of this you have heard before in fthe word of the truth, the gospel,
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