Colossians 1:5

Thanksgiving For The Colossian Believers

⁴ having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and the love which you have for all the saints, ⁵ on account of the hope laid up for you in heaven, of which you heard before in the true word of the gospel ⁶ which is present with you as also in all the world, and is fruitful and increases, as also with you, from the day that you 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

And Paul knowing that one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, cried in the Sanhedrim, Men and brothers, I am a Pharisee and the son of Pharisees; for the hope and resurrection of the dead am I under trial.

Ephesians 1:13

in whom also you, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, in whom also you having believed were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,

2 Timothy 4:8

henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge will give me in that day, and not me only but all who love his appearing.

Colossians 1:23

if indeed you continue founded and established in the faith, and not moved from the hope of the gospel which you heard, which was preached in all the creation under heaven; of which I, Paul, was made a minister.

1 Peter 1:3-4

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who in his great mercy has begotten us to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

Matthew 6:19-20

Lay not up for yourselves treasures on the earth, where a moth and corrosion destroy, and where thieves dig through and steal.

Luke 12:33

Sell your property and bestow charity; make yourselves purses that become not old, and a treasury that fails not, in heaven, where no thief approaches, nor moth destroys;

Acts 10:36

The word which he sent to the children of Israel, preaching the good news of peace by Jesus Christ,??e is Lord of all,??37 you know; the word which was [preached] through all Judea, beginning in Galilee after the baptism which John preached,

Acts 13:26

Men and brothers, children of the race of Abraham, and you that fear God, the word of this salvation is sent to you.

Acts 24:15

having a hope in God which they also hold, that there will be a resurrection both of the righteous and wicked.

Acts 26:6-7

And now I stand on trial for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers,

Romans 10:8

But what does it say? The word is nigh you, in your mouth and in your mind; that is, the word of the faith which we preach.

1 Corinthians 13:13

And now remain faith, hope, love, these 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 men most miserable.

2 Corinthians 5:19

to wit, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself, not imputing to them their offenses, and has given to us the word of reconciliation.

2 Corinthians 6:7

in the word of truth, in the power of God; with the arms of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,

Galatians 5:5

For we wait in spirit for the hope of righteousness, by faith.

Ephesians 1:18-19

the eyes of your minds being enlightened, that you may know what is the hope of his call, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

Colossians 1:27

to whom God was pleased to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the nations, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory,

Colossians 3:16

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching with all wisdom, and admonishing one another, with psalms, hymns, spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to God,

1 Thessalonians 2:13

For this cause also we thank God without ceasing, that receiving the word of God heard from us, you received not a word of men, but, as it is in truth, a word of God, who also works in you that believe.

2 Thessalonians 2:16

and our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and our God and Father, who has loved us and given us eternal consolation and a good hope by grace,

1 Timothy 1:15

The word is true and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief;

Titus 1:2

for the hope of eternal life, which God who cannot lie announced before eternal ages,

Hebrews 7:19

for the law made nothing perfect, but was the introduction of a better hope through which we draw nigh to God.

1 Peter 2:2

as new born babes desire earnestly the pure milk of the word, that you may grow by it to salvation,

1 Peter 3:15

and sanctify the anointed Lord in your hearts, and be always ready with a defense to every one that asks you a reason for the hope that is in you; but with meekness and fear,

1 John 3:3

And every one that has this hope in him purifies himself, as he is pure.