Colossians 1:5

Thanksgiving For The Colossian Believers

⁴ having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and the love ye show to all the saints; ⁵ because of the hope laid up for you in the heavens, which ye have heard before in the word of truth, the gospel, ⁶ which is come unto you, as it is also unto all the world; and beareth fruit, as also among you, from the day that ye heard and knew the grace of God in truth;

All the Saints

Good News

Laid Up for You in Heaven

Truth of the Gospel

Word of Truth

Acts 23:6

Now when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, he cried in the sanhedrim, Men and brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee: for the hope and resurrection of the dead am I brought to this bar.

Ephesians 1:13

In whom ye also [trusted] after ye had heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, ye have been sealed with the holy Spirit of promise,

2 Timothy 4:8

henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, shall give me at that day: yet not to me only, but also to all who have loved his appearing.

Colossians 1:23

if ye abide in faith grounded and firm, and never moved aside from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which hath been preached to the whole creation which is under heaven, of which I Paul am a minister.

1 Peter 1:3-4

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto an animating hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

Matthew 6:19-20

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where the rust and canker spoil, and where thieves dig through and steal:

Luke 12:33

Sell all your possessions, and give in charity; make yourselves purses that wax not old, a treasure never failing in the heavens, where no thief approaches, nor doth the moth destroy.

Acts 10:36

The word which he sent to the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ, (he is Lord of all,) ye know:

Acts 13:26

Men and brethren, children of the race of Abraham, and all among you who fear God, to you is the word of this salvation sent.

Acts 24:15

and having hope in God, the same which they also profess to look for, that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and of the unjust.

Acts 26:6-7

And this moment for the hope of the promise made of God to our fathers am I standing here to be judged:

Romans 10:8

But what saith it? "The word is nigh thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart:" that is, the word of faith which we preach;

1 Corinthians 13:13

But now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; but the greater of these is love.

1 Corinthians 15:19

If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are more miserable than all other men.

2 Corinthians 5:19

namely, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing to them their offences: and hath committed to us the word of reconciliation.

2 Corinthians 6:7

by the word of truth, by the power of God, with weapons of righteousness in the right hand and in the left,

Galatians 5:5

For we in spirit by faith expect the hope of righteousness.

Ephesians 1:18-19

the eyes of your understanding being enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he hath called you, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance for the saints,

Colossians 1:27

to whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

Colossians 3:16

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing yourselves in psalms, and hymns, and spiritual canticles, singing with grace in your heart unto the Lord.

1 Thessalonians 2:13

For this cause do we also give thanks to God unceasingly, because when ye received the word reported by us from God, ye received it not as the word of man, but, as it is in truth, the word of God, which worketh also effectually in you that believe.

2 Thessalonians 2:16

Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and our God, and Father, who hath loved us, and given us everlasting consolation, and good hope through grace,

1 Timothy 1:15

It is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the chief.

Titus 1:2

in hope of life eternal, which God, who cannot lie, hath promised before time had a being;

Hebrews 7:19

For the law led to no perfection, but was an introduction to a better hope, by which we draw nigh unto God.

1 Peter 2:2

as new-born babes desire earnestly the unadulterated milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:

1 Peter 3:15

but sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be always ready with your reply to every man who demands a reason respecting the hope which is in you with meekness and fear:

1 John 3:3

And every one who hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.