because we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love(A) you have for all God’s people(B) the faith and love that spring from the hope(C) stored up for you in heaven(D) and about which you have already heard in the true message(E) of the gospel that has come to you. In the same way, the gospel is bearing fruit(F) and growing throughout the whole world(G)—just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and truly understood God’s grace.

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(A)since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and the (B)love which you have [a]for (C)all the [b]saints; because of the (D)hope (E)reserved for you in [c]heaven, of which you previously (F)heard in the word of truth, [d]the gospel which has come to you, just as [e](G)in all the world also it is bearing (H)fruit and [f]increasing, even as it has been doing in you also since the day you (I)heard it and [g]understood the grace of God in truth;

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Footnotes

  1. Colossians 1:4 Or toward
  2. Colossians 1:4 Lit holy ones; i.e., God’s people
  3. Colossians 1:5 Lit the heavens
  4. Colossians 1:5 Or of the gospel
  5. Colossians 1:6 Or it is in all the world also, bearing
  6. Colossians 1:6 Or spreading abroad
  7. Colossians 1:6 Or came to fully know

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;

Which is come unto you, as it is in all the world; and bringeth forth fruit, as it doth also in you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew the grace of God in truth:

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(A)since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of (B)your love for all the saints; because of the hope (C)which is laid up for you in heaven, of which you heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel, which has come to you, (D)as it has also in all the world, and (E)is bringing forth [a]fruit, as it is also among you since the day you heard and knew (F)the grace of God in truth;

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Footnotes

  1. Colossians 1:6 NU, M add and growing