Colossians 1:3
We always give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ when we pray for you
Family 35 New Testament
In The King James Version
We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,
In Context
4(having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and your love toward all the saints),
Cross References
1 Corinthians 1:4Concerning you, I always thank my God because of the grace of God that was given you in Christ Jesus;
Ephesians 3:14For this reason I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
Philippians 1:9This is what I pray: that your love may abound yet more and more in real knowledge and full discernment,
Colossians 1:9For this very reason, since the day we heard of it, we have not stopped praying for you and asking that you may be filled with the real knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding,
1 Thessalonians 1:2We always give thanks to God for all of you, making mention of you in our prayers,
2 Thessalonians 2:16Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and our God and Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort 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 →