Colossians 1:8

and moreover he has informed us of your love, which is inspired by the Spirit.

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

Who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit.

In Context

7as you learned it from Epaphras our dearly-loved fellow servant. He is to you a faithful minister of Christ in our stead,

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;

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Cross References

Romans 5:5and that this hope never disappoints, because God's love for us floods our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.

Galatians 5:22The Spirit, on the other hand, brings a harvest of love, joy, peace; patience towards others, kindness, benevolence;

2 Timothy 1:7For the Spirit which God has given us is not a spirit of cowardice, but one of power and of love and of sound judgement.

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 →

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