Colossians 1:4
Hearing your faith in Christ Jesus, and the love which you have towards all the saints.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have to all the saints,
In Context
Cross References
2 Corinthians 7:7And not by his coming only, but also by the consolation, wherewith he was comforted in you, relating to us your desire, your mourning, your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced the more.
Ephesians 1:15Wherefore I also, hearing of your faith that is in the Lord Jesus, and of your love towards all the saints,
1 Thessalonians 1:3Being mindful of the work of your faith, and labour, and charity, and of the enduring of the hope of our Lord Jesus Christ before God and our Father:
1 Thessalonians 4:9But as touching the charity of brotherhood, we have no need to write to you: for yourselves have learned of God to love one another.
Philemon 1:5Hearing of thy charity and faith, which thou hast in the Lord Jesus, and towards all the saints:
1 Peter 1:21Who through him are faithful in God, who raised him up from the dead, and hath given him glory, that your faith and hope might be in God.
Matthew Henry on Colossians 1:4-9
Paul's Thanksgiving for the Colossians. ( a. d. 62.) 3 We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you, 4 Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have to all the saints, 5 For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel; 6 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… Read the whole commentary →