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

³ We always thank the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ when we pray for you, ⁴ since we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and your love for all the saints, ⁵ due to the hope which is laid up for you in heaven. You heard of this hope originally in the message of the Truth, in that gospel ⁶ which has reached you as it spreads over all the world with fruit and increase. Such has been your life from the day you learned to know what God's grace really is. ⁷ You got that lesson from our beloved fellow-servant Epaphras, a minister of Christ who is faithful to your interests; ⁸ and it is he who has informed us of your love in the Spirit.