Colossians 1:5

Thanksgiving For The Colossian Believers

⁴ (since I heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and your love to all the saints) ⁵ because of the hope laid up for you in heaven. Long ago you heard of this hope in the message which came to you of the truth of the gospel. ⁶ And just as it is spreading through the whole world, bearing fruit and increasing, so also is it among you, from the day in which you heard it, and came truly to know the grace of God,

All the Saints

Good News

Laid Up for You in Heaven

Truth of the Gospel

Word of Truth

Acts 23:6

Then perceiving that half the Sanhedrin were Sadducees and the other half Pharisee, he cried out in the Sanhedrin. "Brothers, I am a Pharisee, the son of Pharisees! It is for the hope of the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial!"

Ephesians 1:13

And in him, because you listened to the proclamation of the truth, the evangel of your salvation, and trusted it, you Gentiles too were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit,

2 Timothy 4:8

Henceforth there is laid up for me the garland of righteousness which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that Day, and not to me only, but also to all those who have loved his appearing.

Colossians 1:23

And this he will do if, indeed, you continue in the faith, firmly founded and stedfast, and never moved away from the hope of the gospel which you heard, and which has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, that gospel of which I, Paul, was made a minister.

1 Peter 1:3-4

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whose great mercy we have been born anew into a living hope, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead;

Matthew 6:19-20

"Store up for yourselves no treasures on earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;

Luke 12:33

"Sell what you have and give alms. Provide yourselves with purses which do not grow old, a treasure inexhaustible in the heavens, where no thief draws near, nor does moth destroy.

Acts 10:36

"You cannot but know the message which he sent to the descendants of Israel, when he preached the gospel of peace by Jesus Christ who is Lord of all;

Acts 13:26

"Brothers, sons of Abraham's race, and all among you who reverence God, to us has the word of this salvation been sent.

Acts 24:15

"and having hope toward God, which these also themselves look for, that there is to be a resurrection both of the just and the unjust.

Acts 26:6-7

"Today I am standing trial because of the hope of the promise made by God to our ancestors,

Romans 10:8

But what does it say? The word is near thee, even in thy mouth and in thy heart. That is the very word of faith which we preach;

1 Corinthians 13:13

Faith, Hope, Love endure??hese three; but the greatest of these is Love.

1 Corinthians 15:19

If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all mankind most pitiable.

2 Corinthians 5:19

how that God was in Christ reconciling a world to himself, not reckoning to men their trespasses; and that to me he has entrusted the message of that reconciliation.

2 Corinthians 6:7

by a true teaching and an energy divine; by the weapons of righteousness, for attack or for defense,

Galatians 5:5

But we are not, for we through the Spirit are eagerly waiting by faith for a hope of righteousness (a hope well founded);

Ephesians 1:18-19

and that the eyes of your heart may be flooded with light so that you may understand what is the hope of his calling, what the wealth of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

Colossians 1:27

To them God willed to make known among the Gentiles how glorious are the riches of that secret truth, which is "Christ in you, the hope of glory."

Colossians 3:16

Let the word of Christ have its home in you richly, in all wisdom. Teach and admonish one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, ever singing with grace in your hearts unto God.

1 Thessalonians 2:13

For this reason also I am giving continual thanks to God, because when you heard from me the spoken word of God, you received it not as the word of men, but as the word of God (which in truth it is), who himself is effectually at work in you believe.

2 Thessalonians 2:16

And may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who has loved us and given us eternal encouragement and a good hope in grace,

1 Timothy 1:15

Faithful is the saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that "Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners"! And there is no greater sinner than I!

Titus 1:2

I write in hope of life eternal which God who never lies, promised before times eternal,

Hebrews 7:19

(for the Law brought nothing to perfection); and there is the bringing in of a better hope by which we draw near to God;

1 Peter 2:2

Like new-born babes long for the pure spiritual milk to make you grow up into salvation;

1 Peter 3:15

But consecrate Christ in your hearts, as Lord. Be always in readiness to make and answer to any one who asks you a reason for the hope that is within you, yet with gentleness and reverence.

1 John 3:3

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