⁵ When the true message, the Good News, first came to you, you heard about the hope it offers. So your faith and love are based on what you hope for, which is kept safe for you in heaven. ⁶ The gospel keeps bringing blessings and is spreading throughout the world, just as it has among you ever since the day you first heard about the grace of God and came to know it as it really is. ^7 (A)You learned of God's grace from Epaphras, our dear fellow servant, who is Christ's faithful worker on our^[a] behalf.