Colossians 1:8

who also did declare to us your love in the Spirit.

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

Who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit.

In Context

7as ye also learned from Epaphras, our beloved fellow-servant, who is for you a faithful ministrant of the Christ,

9Because of this, we also, from the day in which we heard, do not cease praying for you, and asking that ye may be filled with the full knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding,

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Cross References

Romans 5:5and the hope doth not make ashamed, because the love of God hath been poured forth in our hearts through the Holy Spirit that hath been given to us.

Galatians 5:22And the fruit of the Spirit is: Love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith,

2 Timothy 1:7for God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind;

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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