Colossians 1:3
We give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, always in our prayers for you:
1770 John Worsley NT
In The King James Version
We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,
In Context
4(having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and your love to all the saints:)
Cross References
1 Corinthians 1:4I always give thanks unto my God, on your account, for the grace of God bestowed on you in Christ Jesus; that ye are enriched by Him with every gift,
Ephesians 3:14For this cause I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
Philippians 1:9And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all discernment;
Colossians 1:9For this cause we also, from the day that we heard it, cease not to pray for you, and to request that ye may be filled with the knowledge of his will, in all wisdom and spiritual understanding:
1 Thessalonians 1:2We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers.
2 Thessalonians 2:16And may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and our God and Father, who hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation, and good hope through grace, comfort your hearts,
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 →