Colossians 1:3

We geve thankes to God the father of oure Lorde Iesus Christ alwayes prayenge for you

Tyndale New Testament

In The King James Version

We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,

In Context

2To 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.

4sence we hearde of youre faith which ye have in Christ Iesu and of the love which ye beare to all sayntes

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 1:4I thanke my God all wayes on youre behalfe for the grace of God which is geuen you by Iesus Christ

Ephesians 3:14For this cause I bowe my knees vnto the father of oure lorde Iesus Christ

Philippians 1:9And this I praye that youre love maye increace more and more in knowledge and in all fealinge

Colossians 1:9For this cause we also sence the daye we herde of it have not ceasyd prayinge for you and desyringe

1 Thessalonians 1:2We geve God thakes all waye for you all makinge mension of you in oure prayers

2 Thessalonians 2:16Oure lorde Iesu Christ hym silfe and God oure father which hath loved vs and hath geven vs everlastynge consolacion and good hope thorowe 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 →

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