Colossians 1:2
to them who are at Colosse, the brethren, holy and believing in Jesus the Messiah: peace be with you, and grace from God our Father.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
1PAUL, a legate of Jesus the Messiah by the pleasure of God, and Timothy a brother,
3We give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus the Messiah, at all times, and pray for you;
Cross References
Romans 1:7to all those who are at Rome, beloved of God, called and sanctified: Peace and grace be with you, from God our Father, and from our Lord Jesus Messiah.
1 Corinthians 4:17For this cause have I sent to you Timothy, who is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, that he might bring to your recollection my ways in Messiah, agreeably to what I teach in all the churches.
Galatians 3:9Believers, therefore, it is, who are blessed with believing Abraham.
Ephesians 6:21And that ye also may know my affairs, and what I am doing, lo, Tychicus, a beloved brother, and a faithful minister in our Lord, will acquaint you;
2 Peter 1:2May grace and peace abound to you through the recognition of our Lord Jesus the Messiah,
Revelation 1:4John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace to you and quietude, from him who is, and who was, and who is to come, from the seven Spirits which are before his throne;
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 →