Colossians 1:2
To the sayntes which are at Colossa and brethren that beleve in Christ. Grace be with you and peace from God oure father and from the Lorde Iesus Christ.
Tyndale New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
1Paul an Apostle of Iesu Christ by the wyll of God and brother Timotheus.
3We geve thankes to God the father of oure Lorde Iesus Christ alwayes prayenge for you
Cross References
Romans 1:7To all you of Rome beloved of God and saynctes by callinge. Grace be with you and peace from God oure father and from the Lorde Iesus Christ.
1 Corinthians 4:17For this cause have I sent vnto you Timotheus which is my deare sonne and faithfull in the Lorde which shall put you in remembraunce of my wayes which I have in Christ even as I teache every where in all congregacions.
Galatians 3:9So then they which be of fayth are blessed with faythfull Abraham.
Ephesians 6:21But that ye maye also knowe what condicion I am in and what I do Tichicus my deare brother and faythfull minister in the Lorde shall shewe you of all thinges
2 Peter 1:2Grace with you and peace be multiplied in the knowledge of God and of Iesus oure Lorde.
Revelation 1:4Ihon to the .vii. congregacions in Asia. Grace be with you and peace from him which is and which was and which is to come and from the .vii. spretes which are present before his trone
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 →