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Colossians 1:2-6
J.B. Phillips New Testament
Colossians 1:2-6
J.B. Phillips New Testament
1 1-2 Paul, messenger of Jesus Christ by God’s will, and brother Timothy send this greeting to all faithful Christians at Colossae: grace and peace be to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ!
We thank God for you and pray constantly for you
3-6 I want you to know by this letter that we here are constantly praying for you, and whenever we do we thank God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ because you believe in Christ Jesus and because you are showing true Christian love towards other Christians. We know that you are showing these qualities because you have grasped the hope reserved for you in Heaven—that hope which first became yours when the truth was brought to you. It is, of course, part of the Gospel itself, which has reached you as it spreads all over the world. Wherever that Gospel goes, it produces Christian character, and develops it, as it had done in your own case from the time you first heard and realised the amazing fact of God’s grace.
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Colossians 1:2-4
King James Version
Colossians 1:2-4
King James Version
2 To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ which are at Colosse: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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,
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Colossians 1:2-4
New King James Version
Colossians 1:2-4
New King James Version
2 To the saints (A)and faithful brethren in Christ who are in Colosse:
(B)Grace to you and peace from God our Father [a]and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Their Faith in Christ
3 (C)We give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you, 4 (D)since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of (E)your love for all the saints;
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- Colossians 1:2 NU omits and the Lord Jesus Christ
Colossians 1:2-4
New International Version
Colossians 1:2-4
New International Version
2 To God’s holy people in Colossae, the faithful brothers and sisters[a] in Christ:
Grace(A) and peace to you from God our Father.[b](B)
Thanksgiving and Prayer
3 We always thank God,(C) the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, 4 because we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love(D) you have for all God’s people(E)—
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- Colossians 1:2 The Greek word for brothers and sisters (adelphoi) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God’s family; also in 4:15.
- Colossians 1:2 Some manuscripts Father and the Lord Jesus Christ
Colossians 1:2-4
English Standard Version
Colossians 1:2-4
English Standard Version
2 To the (A)saints and faithful brothers[a] in Christ at Colossae:
(B)Grace to you and peace from God our Father.
Thanksgiving and Prayer
3 (C)We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, 4 since we heard of (D)your faith in Christ Jesus and of (E)the love that you have for all the saints,
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- Colossians 1:2 Or brothers and sisters. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, the plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) may refer either to brothers or to brothers and sisters
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