Parallel Verses
Moffatt New Testament
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.
New American Standard Bible
which has come to you, just as
King James Version
Which is come unto you, as it is in all the world; and bringeth forth fruit, as it doth also in you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew the grace of God in truth:
Holman Bible
that has come to you. It is bearing fruit
International Standard Version
that has come to you. Just as it is bearing fruit and spreading all over the world, so it has been doing among you from the day you heard it and came to know the grace of God in truth.
A Conservative Version
being present for you, just as also in all the world. And it is bearing fruit and increasing, just as also among you from the day that ye heard and recognized the grace of God in truth.
American Standard Version
which is come unto you; even as it is also in all the world bearing fruit and increasing, as it doth in you also, since the day ye heard and knew the grace of God in truth;
Amplified
which has come to you. Indeed, just as in the whole world the gospel is constantly bearing fruit and spreading [by God’s power], just as it has been doing among you ever since the day you first heard of it and understood the grace of God in truth [becoming thoroughly and deeply acquainted with it].
An Understandable Version
came to you. This Gospel is [now] also producing fruit all over the world [i.e., throughout the Roman Empire] and growing [in its influence], just as it is doing among you people also, since the day you [first] heard and understood God's unearned favor in [all its] truth.
Anderson New Testament
which is present among you, as it is also in all the world, and is producing fruit, even as it has been doing also among you, since the day you heard and knew the grace of God in truth,
Bible in Basic English
Which has come to you; and which in all the world is giving fruit and increase, as it has done in you from the day when it came to your ears and you had true knowledge of the grace of God;
Common New Testament
which has come to you, just as in all the world it is bearing fruit and growing, even as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and understood the grace of God in truth;
Daniel Mace New Testament
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,
Darby Translation
which are come to you, as they are in all the world, and are bearing fruit and growing, even as also among you, from the day ye heard them and knew indeed the grace of God, in truth:
Godbey New Testament
having come to you, as it is indeed in the whole world bearing fruit and increasing, as also among you, from the day on which you heard and have known the grace of God in truth;
Goodspeed New Testament
came among you, to thrive and bear its fruit among you, as it does all over the world, from the time when you first heard about the mercy of God,
John Wesley New Testament
of which ye heard before in the word of truth, Which is come to you, as also it is in all the world, and bringeth forth fruit, as it hath done likewise among you, from the day ye heard it, and knew the grace of God in truth:
Julia Smith Translation
Being present to you as also in all the world; and is bearing fruit, as also in you, from the day which ye heard and knew the grace of God in truth:
King James 2000
Which is come unto you, as it is in all the world; and brings forth fruit, as it does also in you, since the day you heard of it, and knew the grace of God in truth:
Lexham Expanded Bible
that has come to you, just as also in all the world it is bearing fruit and increasing, just as also among you from the day you heard about and understood the grace of God in truth,
Modern King James verseion
which has come to you as it has also in all the world, and it is bearing fruit, even also among you, since the day you heard and fully knew the grace of God in truth,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
which is come unto you, even as it is into all the world, and is fruitful as it is among you, from the first day in the which ye heard of it, and had experience in the grace of God in the truth,
Montgomery New Testament
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,
NET Bible
that has come to you. Just as in the entire world this gospel is bearing fruit and growing, so it has also been bearing fruit and growing among you from the first day you heard it and understood the grace of God in truth.
New Heart English Bible
which has come to you; even as it is in all the world and is bearing fruit and growing, as it does in you also, since the day you heard and knew the grace of God in truth;
Noyes New Testament
which is come to you, as it is in all the world, and is bearing fruit and growing, as it doth also in you, from the day ye heard it, and knew the grace of God in truth;
Sawyer New Testament
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;
The Emphasized Bible
When it presented itself unto you; even as, in all the world also, it is bearing fruit and growing, even as also among you, from the day when ye heard, and came personally to know the favour of God in truth,
Thomas Haweis New Testament
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;
Twentieth Century New Testament
Bearing fruit and growing, as it does, through all the world, just as it did among you, from the very day that you heard of God's loving-kindness, and understood what that loving-kindness really is.
Webster
Which is come to you, as it is in all the world; and bringeth forth fruit, as it doth also in you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew the grace of God in truth:
Weymouth New Testament
For it has reached you, and remains with you, just as it has also spread through the whole world, yielding fruit there and increasing, as it has done among you from the day when first you heard it and came really to know the grace of God,
Williams New Testament
which reached you, and since it is bearing fruit and growing among you, just as it is all over the world, from the day you first heard of God's favor and in reality came to know it,
World English Bible
which has come to you; even as it is in all the world and is bearing fruit and growing, as it does in you also, since the day you heard and knew the grace of God in truth;
Worrell New Testament
which is present among you, even as it is in all the world bearing fruit and increasing, as it does in you also, since the day ye heard and knew the grace of God in truth;
Worsley New Testament
which is come unto you, even as in all the world, and is fruitful; as it hath been also among you, from the day in which ye heard and knew the grace of God in truth.
Youngs Literal Translation
which is present to you, as also in all the world, and is bearing fruit, as also in you, from the day in which ye heard, and knew the grace of God in truth;
Themes
Bearing fruit » What brings forth good fruit
Gospel » The gospel being preached to all nations
Thankfulness » Should be offered » For the grace bestowed on others
Thanksgiving » Should be offered » For the grace bestowed on others
Topics
Interlinear
Pareimi
Humas
ὑμῖν
Humin
Usage: 293
Kathos
καθώς
Kathos
as, even as, according as, when, according to, how, as well as
Usage: 141
Pas
Karpophoreo
En
ἐν
En
Usage: 2128
Epiginosko
Devotionals
Devotionals about Colossians 1:6
Devotionals containing Colossians 1:6
References
Word Count of 37 Translations in Colossians 1:6
Images Colossians 1:6
Prayers for Colossians 1:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
Thanksgiving For The Colossian Believers
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;
Names
Cross References
John 15:16
You have not chosen me, it is I who have chosen you, appointing you to go and bear fruit ??fruit that lasts, so that the Father may grant you whatever you ask in my name.
Matthew 24:14
This gospel of the Reign shall be preached all over the wide world as a testimony to all the Gentiles, and then the end will come.
Romans 16:26
has now been disclosed and made known on the basis of the prophetic scriptures (by command of the eternal God) to all the Gentiles for their obedience to the faith ??27 to the only wise God be glory through Jesus Christ for ever and ever: Amen.]
Philippians 1:11
your life covered with that harvest of righteousness which Jesus Christ produces to the glory and the praise of God.
Matthew 28:19
go and make disciples of all nations, baptize them in the name of the Father and the Son and the holy Spirit,
Mark 4:8
some other seed fell on good soil and bore a crop that sprang up and grew, yielding at the rate of thirty, sixty, and a hundredfold."
Mark 4:26-29
And he said, "It is with the Realm of God as when a man has sown seed on earth;
Mark 16:15
And he said to them, "Go to all the world and preach the gospel to every creature:
John 4:23
But the time is coming, it has come already, when the real worshippers will worship the Father in Spirit and in reality; for these are the worshippers that the Father wants.
Acts 11:18
On hearing this they desisted and glorified God, saying, "So God has actually allowed the Gentiles to repent and live!"
Acts 12:24
The word of God spread and multiplied.
Acts 16:14
Among the listeners there was a woman called Lydia, a dealer in purple who belonged to the town of Thyatira. She reverenced God, and the Lord opened her heart to attend to what Paul said.
Acts 26:18
that their eyes may be opened and that they may turn from darkness to light, from the power of Satan to God, to get remission of their sins and an inheritance among those who are consecrated by faith in me.'
Romans 1:13
Brothers, I would like you to understand that I have often purposed to come to you (though up till now I have been prevented) so as to have some results among you as well as among the rest of the Gentiles.
Romans 10:17-18
(You see, faith must come from what is heard, and what is heard comes from word of Christ.)
Romans 15:19
by the force of miracles and marvels, by the power of the Spirit of God. Thus from Jerusalem right round to Illyricum, I have been able to complete the preaching of the gospel of Christ ??20 my ambition always being to preach it only in places where there had been no mention of Christ's name, that I might not build on foundations laid by others,
Romans 15:28
Well, once I finish this business by putting the proceeds of the collection safely in their hands, I will start for Spain and take you on the way.
1 Corinthians 15:10-11
But by God's grace I am what I am. The grace he showed me did not go for nothing; no, I have done far more work than all of them ??though it was not I but God's grace at my side.
2 Corinthians 6:1
I appeal to you too, as a worker with God, do not receive the grace of God in vain.
2 Corinthians 10:14
I am not overstepping the limit, as if you lay beyond my sphere; I was the very first to reach you with the gospel of Christ.
Ephesians 4:21
(for it is Christ whom you have been taught, it is in Christ that you have been instructed ??the real Christ who is in Jesus);
Ephesians 4:23
and be renewed in the spirit of your mind,
Ephesians 5:9
(for the fruit of light consists in all that is good and right and true),
Philippians 4:17
It is not the money I am anxious for; what I am anxious for is the interest that accumulates in this way to your divine credit!
Colossians 1:10
so that you may lead a life that is worthy of the Lord and give him entire satisfaction. May you be fruitful and increase in the doing of all good, as you thus know God!
1 Thessalonians 1:5
for our gospel came to you not with mere words but also with power and with the holy Spirit, with ample conviction on our part (you know what we were to you, for your own good),
1 Thessalonians 2:13
We thank God constantly for this too, that when you received the word of the divine message from us, you took it not as a human word but for what it really is, the word of God. It proves effective in you believers,
2 Thessalonians 2:13
Now we are bound always to thank God for you, brothers beloved by the Lord, because God has chosen you as the first to be reaped for salvation, by the consecration of your spirit and by faith in the Truth;
Titus 2:11-12
For the grace of God has appeared to save all men,
1 Peter 1:2-3
whom God the Father has predestined and chosen, by the consecration of the Spirit, to obey Jesus Christ and be sprinkled with his blood: may grace and peace be multiplied to you.
1 Peter 5:12
By the hand of Silvanus, a faithful brother (in my opinion), I have written you these few lines of encouragement, to testify that this is what the true grace of God means. Stand in that grace.