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which has arrived on your doorstep—just as, in fact, it’s producing fruit and growing in all the world, as it has been among you, from the day you heard it and came to know the grace of God in truth. That’s how you learnt it from Epaphras our beloved fellow slave. He’s a loyal and faithful servant of the Messiah on your behalf. He it was who gave us the news about your love in the spirit.

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that has come to you. In the same way, the gospel is bearing fruit(A) and growing throughout the whole world(B)—just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and truly understood God’s grace. You learned it from Epaphras,(C) our dear fellow servant,[a] who is a faithful minister(D) of Christ on our[b] behalf, and who also told us of your love in the Spirit.(E)

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  1. Colossians 1:7 Or slave
  2. Colossians 1:7 Some manuscripts your