Colossians 1:3
Grace and peace to you, from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ. We give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying for you always.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,
In Context
2to the saints and faithful brothers in Christ Jesus who are at Colossae.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 1:4I give thanks to my God continuously for you because of the grace of God that has been given to you in Christ Jesus.
Ephesians 3:14By reason of this grace, I bend my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
Philippians 1:9And this I pray: that your charity may abound more and more, with knowledge and with all understanding,
Colossians 1:9Then, too, from the day when we first heard it, we have not ceased praying for you and requesting that you be filled with the knowledge of his will, with all wisdom and spiritual understanding,
1 Thessalonians 1:2Grace and peace to you. We give thanks to God always for all of you, keeping the memory of you in our prayers without ceasing,
2 Thessalonians 2:16exhort your hearts and confirm you in every good word and deed.
Matthew Henry on Colossians 1:2-3
Colossians Colosse was a considerable city of Phrygia, and probably not far from Laodicea and Hierapolis; we find these mentioned together, iv. 13 . It is now buried in ruins, and the memory of it chiefly preserved in this epistle. The design of the epistle is to warn them of the danger of the Jewish zealots, who pressed the necessity of observing the ceremonial law; and to fortify them against the mixture of the Gentile philosophy with their Christian principles. He professes a great satisfaction in their… Read the whole commentary →