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because we have heard about your faith in the Messiah[a] Jesus and the love that you have for all the saints, based on the hope laid up for you in heaven. Some time ago you heard about this hope[b] through the word of truth, the gospel that has come to you. Just as it is bearing fruit and spreading all over the world, so it has been doing[c] among you from the day you heard it and came to know the grace of God in truth.

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Footnotes

  1. Colossians 1:4 Or Christ
  2. Colossians 1:5 Lit. about it
  3. Colossians 1:6 The Gk. lacks it has been doing

because we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love(A) you have for all God’s people(B) the faith and love that spring from the hope(C) stored up for you in heaven(D) and about which you have already heard in the true message(E) of the gospel that has come to you. In the same way, the gospel is bearing fruit(F) and growing throughout the whole world(G)—just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and truly understood God’s grace.

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