a1 Cor. 1:4; Eph. 1:15, 16; Phil. 1:3; Col. 1:3, 4; [ch. 6:17; Phil. 4:6; 2 Tim. 1:3]
bch. 16:19; [1 Thess. 1:8]
cPhil. 1:8; 1 Thess. 2:5, 10; [ch. 9:1; 2 Cor. 1:23; 11:10, 31]
dSee Acts 24:14
e2 Tim. 1:3
fch. 15:32; [1 Thess. 3:10]
gCol. 1:4; Philem. 5; See Rom. 1:8
iCol. 1:9
jRom. 1:9; 2 Tim. 1:3
kEph. 1:15, 16; Philem. 4
lSee 1 Thess. 1:3
mSee 1 Thess. 1:3
n[ver. 23; Ps. 98:3]; See Matt. 24:14
oJohn 15:5, 16; [Phil. 1:11]
p[Rom. 16:26; Eph. 4:21]
qSee Acts 11:23

Romans 1:8-10

Longing to Go to Rome

8First, aI thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, bbecause your faith is proclaimed in all the world. 9 cFor God is my witness, dwhom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, ethat without ceasing I mention you 10always in my prayers, asking that somehow fby God’s will I may now at last succeed in coming to you.

Ephesians 1:15-16

Thanksgiving and Prayer

15For this reason, gbecause I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love ▼
▼Some manuscripts omit  your love
 toward all the saints, 16I ido not cease to give thanks for you, jremembering you in my prayers,

Colossians 1:3-4

Thanksgiving and Prayer

3 kWe always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, 4since we heard of lyour faith in Christ Jesus and of mthe love that you have for all the saints,

Colossians 1:6

6which has come to you, as indeed nin the whole world it is obearing fruit and increasing—as it also does among you, since the day you pheard it and understood qthe grace of God in truth,
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