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(A)We give thanks to God, (B)the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you, (C)since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and the (D)love which you have [a]for (E)all the [b]saints, because of the (F)hope (G)laid up for you in [c]heaven, of which you previously (H)heard in the word of truth, [d]the gospel which has come to you, just as [e](I)in all the world also it is constantly bearing (J)fruit and [f]multiplying, just as it has been doing in you also since the day you (K)heard and [g]understood the grace of God in truth; just as you learned it from (L)Epaphras, our (M)beloved fellow slave, who is a faithful servant of Christ on our behalf, who also informed us of your (N)love in the Spirit.

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  1. Colossians 1:4 Or toward
  2. Colossians 1:4 Or holy ones
  3. Colossians 1:5 Lit the heavens
  4. Colossians 1:5 Or of the gospel
  5. Colossians 1:6 Or it is in the world
  6. Colossians 1:6 Or growing, cf. 2:19
  7. Colossians 1:6 Or came really to know

We give thanks to God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you, having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have toward all the saints, because of the hope which is laid up for you in the heavens, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the [a]gospel, which is come unto you; even as it is also in all the world bearing fruit and increasing, as it doth in you also, since the day ye heard and knew the grace of God in truth; even as ye learned of Epaphras our beloved fellow-servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on [b]our behalf, who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit.

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  1. Colossians 1:5 Greek good tidings: and so elsewhere. See marginal note on Mt. 4:23.
  2. Colossians 1:7 Many ancient authorities read your.