Colossians 1:3-8 - Thanksgiving For The Colossian Believers

³ In our prayers we continually give thanks to the God and father of our Lord Jesus Christ upon your account, ⁴ having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the affection you have to all christians; ⁵ for the sake of that happiness, which you hope for, and is reserv'd for you in heaven, of which you have already been inform'd by the preaching of the truth, that is, the gospel: ⁶ which is not only come to you, but to all the world; where it produces its effects, and increases, as it does also among you, ever since you sincerely embrac'd the divine favour, ⁷ which you heard was offer'd to you, by the instructions of Epaphras, our dear fellow-servant, who is to you a faithful minister of Christ: ⁸ who also declared to us the love you bear to us upon a spiritual account.