4asince 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 ithas also in all the world, and bis bringing forth fruit, as itis 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
9aFor 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;
With the phrase "the grace of God in truth," he is beginning to say, "What I have taught you is the truth. What you are being tempted by is not truth." He is not saying it directly yet, but he will. God, writing to the Colossians and us through the apostle Paul, is a master of psychology.
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