Colossians 1:3
Grace be to you and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. We give thanks to God, and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 brethren in Christ Jesus, who are at Colossa.
4Hearing your faith in Christ Jesus, and the love which you have towards all the saints.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 1:4I give thanks to my God always for you, for the grace of God that is given you in Christ Jesus,
Ephesians 3:14For this cause I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
Philippians 1:9And this I pray, that your charity may more and more abound in knowledge, and in all understanding:
Colossians 1:9Therefore we also, from the day that we heard it, cease not to pray for you, and to beg that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will, in all wisdom, and spiritual understanding:
1 Thessalonians 1:2Grace be to you and peace. We give thanks to God always for you all; making a remembrance of you in our prayers without ceasing,
2 Thessalonians 2:16Exhort your hearts, and confirm you in every good work and word.
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 →