Colossians 1:4-8

English Standard Version

⁴ since we heard of ^(A)your faith in Christ Jesus and of ^(B)the love that you have for all the saints, ⁵ because of ^(C)the hope ^(D)laid up for you in heaven. Of this you have heard before in ^(E)the word of the truth, the gospel, ⁶ which has come to you, as indeed ^(F)in the whole world it is ^(G)bearing fruit and increasing—as it also does among you, since the day you ^(H)heard it and understood ^(I)the grace of God in truth, ⁷ just as you learned it from ^(J)Epaphras our beloved ^(K)fellow servant.^[a] He is ^(L)a faithful minister of Christ on your^[b] behalf ⁸ and has made known to us your ^(M)love in the Spirit.