Colossians 1:3
We give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,
ASV Byzantine Text
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 of your love toward all the saints,
Cross References
1 Corinthians 1:4I thank my God always concerning you, for the grace of God which was given you in Christ Jesus;
Ephesians 3:14For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
Philippians 1:9And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all discernment;
Colossians 1:9For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray and make request for you, that ye may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,
1 Thessalonians 1:2We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers;
2 Thessalonians 2:16Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through 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 →