Colossians 1:3

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Colossians 1:1–5 · Berean Standard Bible

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

2 To the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace and peace to you from God our Father.

3 We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you,

4 because we have heard about your faith in Christ Jesus and your love for all the saints—

5 the faith and love proceeding from the hope stored up for you in heaven, of which you have already heard in the word of truth, the gospel

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First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is being proclaimed all over the world.

Romans 1:9

God, whom I serve with my spirit in preaching the gospel of His Son, is my witness how constantly I remember you

1 Corinthians 1:4

I always thank my God for you because of the grace He has given you in Christ Jesus.

Ephesians 1:15

For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints,

Philippians 1:3

I thank my God every time I remember you.

Philippians 1:4

In every prayer for all of you, I always pray with joy,

Philippians 1:5

because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now,

Philippians 4:6

Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.

1 Thessalonians 1:2

We always thank God for all of you, remembering you in our prayers

Colossians 1:9

For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

Colossians 1:13

He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of His beloved Son,

Ephesians 3:14

... for this reason I bow my knees before the Father,

Ephesians 3:15

from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name.

Ephesians 3:16

I ask that out of the riches of His glory He may strengthen you with power through His Spirit in your inner being,

Ephesians 3:17

so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. Then you, being rooted and grounded in love,

Ephesians 3:18

will have power, together with all the saints, to comprehend the length and width and height and depth

Ephesians 3:19

of the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

Philippians 1:9

And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight,

Philippians 1:10

so that you may be able to test and prove what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ,

Philippians 1:11

filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

1 Thessalonians 3:10

Night and day we pray most earnestly that we may see you face to face and supply what is lacking from your faith.

1 Thessalonians 3:11

Now may our God and Father Himself, and our Lord Jesus, direct our way to you.

1 Thessalonians 3:12

And may the Lord cause you to increase and overflow with love for one another and for everyone else, just as our love for you overflows,

1 Thessalonians 3:13

so that He may establish your hearts in blamelessness and holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all His saints. Amen.

2 Thessalonians 2:16

Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our Father, who by grace has loved us and given us eternal comfort and good hope,

2 Thessalonians 2:17

encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good word and deed.

2 Timothy 1:3

I thank God, whom I serve with a clear conscience as did my forefathers, as I constantly remember you night and day in my prayers.