Colossians 1:3
We give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, always praying for you,
Thomas Haweis 1795 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
4having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and the love ye show to all the saints;
Cross References
1 Corinthians 1:4I give thanks to my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which hath been given you in Christ Jesus;
Ephesians 3:14For this end I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
Philippians 1:9And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all understanding;
Colossians 1:9For this cause we also from the day we heard it have not ceased praying for you, and beseeching God that ye may be filled with the knowledge of his will, in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;
1 Thessalonians 1:2We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers;
2 Thessalonians 2:16Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and our God, and Father, who hath loved us, and given us everlasting consolation, and good hope through 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 →