Colossians 1:3
We give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ continually [when] praying for you,
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,
In Context
4having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and the love which ye have towards all the saints,
Cross References
1 Corinthians 1:4I thank my God always about you, in respect of the grace of God given to you in Christ Jesus;
Ephesians 3:14For this reason I bow my knees to the Father [of our Lord Jesus Christ],
Philippians 1:9And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in full knowledge and all intelligence,
Colossians 1:9For this reason *we* also, from the day we heard [of your faith and love], do not cease praying and asking for you, to the end that ye may be filled with the full knowledge of his will, in all wisdom and spiritual understanding,
1 Thessalonians 1:2We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you at our prayers,
2 Thessalonians 2:16But our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and our God and Father, who has loved us, and given [us] eternal consolation and good hope by grace,
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 →