Colossians 1:4
lo, ever since we heard of your faith in Jesus the Messiah, and of your love to all the saints;
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have to all the saints,
In Context
3We give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus the Messiah, at all times, and pray for you;
Cross References
2 Corinthians 7:7And not merely by his arrival, but also by the refreshing with which he was refreshed by you. For he told us of your love towards us, and of your grief, and of your zeal in our behalf: and when I heard it, my joy was great.
Ephesians 1:15Therefore, lo I also, since I heard of your faith in our Lord Jesus the Messiah, and of your love towards all the saints,
1 Thessalonians 1:3and we call to mind before God the Father the works of your faith, and the toil of your love, and the patience of your hope in our Lord Jesus the Messiah.
1 Thessalonians 4:9Now concerning love to the brethren, ye need not that I should write to you; for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.
Philemon 1:5lo, from the time that I heard of thy faith, and of the love thou hast towards our Lord Jesus, and towards all the saints;
1 Peter 1:21who, by means of him, have believed in God, who raised him from the dead and conferred glory on him; that your faith and hope might be in God,
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 →