Colossians 1:3
We are always thankful to God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ for you, and pray for you.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,
In Context
4We've heard about your trust in Christ Jesus and your love for all the believers
Cross References
1 Corinthians 1:4I'm always thanking God for you because of the grace of God given to you in Christ Jesus.
Ephesians 3:14This is why I kneel before the Father
Philippians 1:9My prayer is that your love may grow more and more in knowledge and understanding,
Colossians 1:9Because of this we haven't stopped praying for you from the time we heard about you, asking God to give you understanding of what he wants you to do and to give you every kind of spiritual wisdom and understanding.
1 Thessalonians 1:2We are always thanking God for all of you, never forgetting you in our prayers.
2 Thessalonians 2:16Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God the Father (who through his grace gave us eternal confidence and a trustworthy hope),
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 →