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Colossians 1:4
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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;  
7 as you also learned from aEpaphras, our dear fellow servant, who is ba faithful minister of Christ on your behalf,  
8 who also declared to us your alove in the Spirit.  

Preeminence of Christ

9 aFor this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask bthat you may be filled with cthe knowledge of His will din all wisdom and spiritual understanding;  
10 athat you may walk worthy of the Lord, bfully pleasing Him, cbeing fruitful in every good work and increasing in the dknowledge of God;  
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Colossians 1:4

Having heard of (akousantev). Literary plural unless Timothy is included. Aorist active participle of akouw of antecedent action to euxaristoumen. Epaphras (verse Colossians 1:8) had told Paul.

Your faith in Jesus Christ (thn pistin umwn en Ihsou Xristw). See Ephesians 1:15 for similar phrase. No article is needed before en as it is a closely knit phrase and bears the same sense as the objective genitive in Galatians 2:16 (dia pistewv Xristou Ihsou, by faith in Christ Jesus).

Which ye have (hn exete). Probably genuine (Aleph A C D), though B omits it and others have the article (thn). There is a real distinction here between en (sphere or basis) and eiv (direction towards), though they are often identical in idea.




Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Colossians 1:4:

2 Thessalonians 1:11
1 Timothy 3:13

 

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