Colossians 1:5
for the hope which is kept for you in heaven, which at the first you heard through the word of the truth of the gospel,
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
In Context
4even from our hearing of your faith in Jeshu Meshiha, and of your love to all the saints;
Cross References
Matthew 6:19Lay not up for yourselves treasures in the earth, a place where moth and rust corrupt, and where thieves dig through and steal:
Acts 10:36For (this is) the word which he hath sent to the sons of Israel, and hath announced to them peace and repose through Jeshu Meshiha,-this is the Lord of all.
Acts 23:6And when Paulos knew that (part) of the people were of the Zadukoyee and (part) of it of the Pharishee, he cried in the assembly, Men, my brethren, I am a Pharisha, the son of Pharishee; and for the hope of the resurrection of the dead am I judged.
Acts 26:6And now, concerning the hope of the promise that was made to our fathers by Aloha, stand I, and am judged.
1 Corinthians 13:13For these are the three that remain, faith and hope and love; but the greatest of these is love.
2 Corinthians 5:19For Aloha is in the Meshiha, who hath reconciled the world with his greatness; and he hath not reckoned unto them their sins, and hath put in us the word of 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 →