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because we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love that you have for all the saints because of the hope that is stored up for you in heaven. You had learned of this hope through the word of truth, the gospel,[a] that has come down to you.

Just as it is bearing fruit and growing throughout the entire world, so it has been bearing fruit among you, ever since the day when you heard it and came to understand the grace of God in truth. Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Colossians 1:5 This verse refers to the three theological virtues of faith, hope, and love, which also appear in Rom 5:2-5; 1 Cor 13:13; Gal 5:5f; 1 Thes 1:3; 5:8; Heb 10:22-24. For the special nuance mentioned here, that hope gives rise to faith and love, see Tit 1:2.