Colossians 1:3
We give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, constantly praying for you as we do,
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,
In Context
Cross References
1 Corinthians 1:4I thank my God continually on your behalf for the grace of God bestowed on you in Christ Jesus--
Ephesians 3:14For this reason, on bended knee I beseech the Father,
Philippians 1:9And it is my prayer that your love may be more and more accompanied by clear knowledge and keen perception, for testing things that differ,
Colossians 1:9For this reason we also, from the day we first received these tidings, have never ceased to pray for you and to entreat that you may be filled with a clear knowledge of His will accompanied by thorough wisdom and discernment in spiritual things;
1 Thessalonians 1:2We continually give thanks to God because of you all, while we make mention of you in our prayers.
2 Thessalonians 2:16And may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself--and God our Father who has loved us and has given us in His grace eternal consolation and a bright hope--
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 →