Reference: Colossae
Hastings
COLOSS
See Verses Found in Dictionary
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother,
For I want you to know how great a struggle I have on behalf of you, and those in Laodicea, and all those who have not seen my face {in person},
Epaphras, who is [one] of you, greets you, a slave of Christ always struggling on behalf of you in his prayers, that you may stand mature and fully assured in all the will of God. For I testify to him that {he is working hard} on behalf of you and those in Laodicea and those in Hierapolis.
And whenever this letter is read among you, {see to it} that it is read also among the Laodicean church, and that you also read the [letter] from Laodicea.
saying, "What you see, write in a book and send [it] to the seven churches: to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamum and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea."
"And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: "This is what the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the originator of God's creation, says: