Colossians 1:5-7

New Life Version

⁵ We thank God for the hope that is being kept for you in heaven. You first heard about this hope through the Good News which is the Word of Truth. ⁶ The Good News came to you the same as it is now going out to all the world. Lives are being changed, just as your life was changed the day you heard the Good News. You understood the truth about God’s loving-kindness. ⁷ You heard the Good News through our much-loved brother Epaphras who is taking my place. He is a faithful servant of Christ.