Colossians 1:5
because of the hope that is laid up for you in heaven, of which ye heard before in the word of truth of the gospel;
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
4lo, ever since we heard of your faith in Jesus the Messiah, and of your love to all the saints;
Cross References
Matthew 6:19Lay not up for yourselves treasures on the earth, where moth and rust spoil, and where thieves dig through and steal.
Acts 10:36For this is the word, which he sent to the sons of Israel, announcing to them peace and rest by Jesus Messiah, He is Lord of all;
Acts 23:6And, as Paul knew that a part of the people were of the Sadducees, and a part of the Pharisees, he cried out, in the assembly: Men, my brethren; I am a Pharisee the son of a Pharisee; and for the hope of the resurrection of the dead, I am judged.
Acts 26:6And now, for the hope of the promise which was made by God to our fathers, I stand and am judged.
1 Corinthians 13:13For these three things are abiding, faith, and hope, and love; but the greatest of these is love.
2 Corinthians 5:19For God was in the Messiah, who hath reconciled the world with his majesty, and did not reckon to them their sins; and who hath placed 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 →