Colossians 1:2
To Christ’s People at Colossae — the Brothers who are faithful to him: May God, our Father, bless you and give you peace.
Twentieth Century New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
1From Paul, an Apostle of Christ Jesus, by the will of God, and from Timothy, our Brother.
3Whenever we pray, we never fail to thank God, the Father of our Lord, Jesus Christ, about you,
Cross References
Romans 1:7May God, our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ bless you and give you peace.
1 Corinthians 4:17This is my reason for sending Timothy to you. He is my own dear faithful child in the Master’s service, and he will remind you of my methods of teaching the Faith of Christ Jesus — methods which I follow everywhere in every Church.
Galatians 3:9And, therefore, those whose lives are based on faith share the blessings bestowed upon the faith of Abraham.
Ephesians 6:21To enable you, as well as others, to know all that concerns me and what I am doing, Tychicus, our dear Brother and faithful helper in the Master’s Cause, will tell you everything.
2 Peter 1:2May blessing and peace be yours in ever-increasing measure, as you advance in the knowledge of God and of Jesus, our Lord.
Revelation 1:4From John, to the seven Churches which are in Roman Asia. Blessing and peace be yours from him who is, and who was, and who shall be, and from the seven Spirits that 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 →