Colossians 1:2
To the people of God and the believing brethren at Colossae who are in Christ. May grace and peace be granted to you from God our Father.
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
In Context
1Paul, an Apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God--and Timothy our brother:
3We give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, constantly praying for you as we do,
Cross References
Romans 1:7To all God's loved ones who are in Rome, called to be saints. May grace and peace be granted to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Corinthians 4:17For this reason I have sent Timothy to you. Spiritually he is my dearly-loved and faithful child. He will remind you of my habits as a Christian teacher--the manner in which I teach everywhere in every Church.
Galatians 3:9So we see that it is those who possess faith that are blessed with believing Abraham.
Ephesians 6:21But in order that you also may know how I am doing, Tychicus our dearly-loved brother and faithful helper in the Lord's service will tell you everything.
2 Peter 1:2May more and more grace and peace be granted to you in a full knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord,
Revelation 1:4John sends greetings to the seven Churches in the province of Asia. May grace be granted to you, and peace, from Him who is and was and evermore will be; and 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 →