Colossians 1:3
We always thank the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ when we pray for you,
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,
In Context
4because we have heard about your faith in Christ Jesus and your love for all the saints—
Cross References
1 Corinthians 1:4I always thank my God for you because of the grace He has given you in Christ Jesus.
Ephesians 3:14... for this reason I bow my knees before the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
Philippians 1:9And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight,
Colossians 1:9For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,
1 Thessalonians 1:2We always thank God for all of you, remembering you in our prayers
2 Thessalonians 2:16Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and our God and Father, who by grace has loved us and given us eternal comfort and good 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 →