Colossians 1:6-8

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

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. ⁷ This you learned from Epaphras, our beloved fellow servant.^[a] He is a faithful minister of Christ on your^[b] behalf, ⁸ and he has made known to us your love in the Spirit.