Colossians 1:3-8

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, 6which has come to you, as indeed gin the whole world it is hbearing fruit and increasingas it also does among you, since the day you iheard it and understood jthe grace of God in truth, 7just as you learned it from kEpaphras our beloved lfellow servant.
Greek  fellow bondservant
He is na faithful minister of Christ on your
Some manuscripts our
behalf
8and has made known to us your plove in the Spirit.

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