Colossians 1:5-7

Lexham English Bible

⁵ because of the hope reserved for you in heaven, which you have heard about beforehand in the word of truth, the gospel, ⁶ that has come to you, just as also in all the world it is bearing fruit and increasing, just as also among you from the day you heard about and understood the grace of God in truth, ⁷ just as you learned it^[a] from Epaphras, our dear fellow slave who is a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf,^[b]