Colossians 1:5

because of the hope which is kept safe for you in heaven. Of this hope you heard long ago in the true message of the good news which reached you,

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In The King James Version

For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel;

In Context

4now that we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love that you have for all his people,

6bearing fruit and growing, as it does, through all the world, just as it did among you from the very day that you heard of God’s loving kindness, and understood what that loving kindness really is.

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Cross References

Matthew 6:19“Do not store up treasures for yourselves on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.

Acts 10:36God has sent his message to the Israelites and told them, through Jesus Christ, the good news of peace – and Jesus is Lord of all!

Acts 23:6Noticing that some of those present were Sadducees and others Pharisees, Paul called out in the Council, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee and a son of Pharisees. It is on the question of hope for the dead and of their resurrection that I am on my trial.”

Acts 26:6Even now, it is because of my hope in the promise given by God to our ancestors that I stand here on my trial –

1 Corinthians 13:13Meanwhile faith, hope, and love endure – these three, but the greatest of these is love.

2 Corinthians 5:19To proclaim that God, in Christ, was reconciling the world to himself, not reckoning people’s offenses against them, and that he had entrusted us with the message of this reconciliation.

Matthew Henry on Colossians 1:4-9

Paul's Thanksgiving for the Colossians. ( a. d. 62.) 3 We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you, 4 Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have to all the saints, 5 For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel; 6 Which is come unto you, as it is in all the world; and bringeth forth fruit, as it doth also in you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew the grace of God in… Read the whole commentary →

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