Colossians 1:3
We geue thankes to God and father of our Lorde Iesus Christe, alwayes for you, praying:
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,
In Context
4Sence we hearde of your fayth in Christe Iesus, and of the loue which [is] to all saintes,
Cross References
Colossians 1:9For this cause we also, sence ye day we hearde, haue not ceassed to pray for you, and to desire that ye myght be fulfylled with knowledge of his wyll, in all wisdome & spiritual vnderstandyng,
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 →