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We give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, always praying for you,

having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of your love toward all saints,

because of the hope which is laid up for you in Heaven; of which you have heard before by the Word of Truth, which is the Gospel.

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Thanksgiving and Prayer

We always thank God,(A) the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, because we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love(B) you have for all God’s people(C) the faith and love that spring from the hope(D) stored up for you in heaven(E) and about which you have already heard in the true message(F) of the gospel

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We give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, as we pray always for you, for we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus [how you lean on Him with absolute confidence in His power, wisdom, and goodness], and of the [unselfish] [a]love which you have for all the saints (God’s people); because of the [confident] hope [of experiencing that] which is reserved and waiting for you in heaven. You previously heard of this hope in the message of truth, the gospel [regarding salvation]

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Footnotes

  1. Colossians 1:4 The key to understanding this and other statements about love is to know that this love (the Greek word agape) is not so much a matter of emotion as it is of doing things for the benefit of another person, that is, having an unselfish concern for another and a willingness to seek the best for another.

We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,

Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have to all the saints,

For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel;

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Their Faith in Christ

(A)We give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you, (B)since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of (C)your love for all the saints; because of the hope (D)which is laid up for you in heaven, of which you heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel,

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