Colossians 1:5-7

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

⁵ because of the hope laid up for you in heaven. You have heard of this hope before in the word of the truth, the gospel^{(A) 6} that has come to you. Just as it is bearing fruit and growing in the whole world, so it has been bearing fruit among yourselves from the day you heard it and truly comprehended the grace of God.^{(B) 7} This you learned from Epaphras, our beloved fellow servant. He is a faithful minister of Christ on our^[a] behalf,^(C)