Colossians 1:2

Colossians 1:2

Greeting

1 Paul, ^aan apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,

2 To the saints ^aand faithful brethren in Christ who are in Colosse: ^bGrace to you and peace from God our Father¹ and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Their Faith in Christ

3 ^aWe give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,

4 ^asince we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of ^byour love for all the saints;

5 because of the hope ^awhich is laid up for you in heaven, of which you heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel,

6 which has come to you, ^aas it has also in all the world, and ^bis bringing forth fruit, as it is also among you since the day you heard and knew ^cthe grace of God in truth;

Commentaries:

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At Colossae (en Kolossaiv). The spelling is uncertain, the MSS. differing in the title (Kolassaeiv) and here (Kolossaiv). Colossae was a city of Phrygia on the Lycus, the tributaries of which brought a calcareous deposit of a peculiar kind that choked up the streams and made arches and fantastic grottoes. In spite of this there was much fertility in the valley with two other prosperous cities some ten or twelve miles away (Hierapolis and Laodicea). "The church at Colossae was the least important of any to which Paul's epistles were addressed" (Vincent). But he had no greater message for any church than he here gives concerning the Person of Christ. There is no more important message today for modern men.

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