Colossians 1:3
We give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, always praying for you,
Literal Standard 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
4having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love that [is] to all the holy ones,
Cross References
1 Corinthians 1:4I give thanks to my God always concerning you for the grace of God that was given to you in Christ Jesus,
Ephesians 3:14For this cause I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
Philippians 1:9and this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in full knowledge, and all discernment,
Colossians 1:9Because of this, we also, from the day in which we heard, do not cease praying for you, and asking that you may be filled with the full knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding,
1 Thessalonians 1:2We always give thanks to God for you all, making mention of you in our prayers,
2 Thessalonians 2:16and may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and our God and Father, who loved us, and gave continuous comfort, and good hope in 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 →