'Heard' in the Bible

because we have heard about your faith in the Messiah Jesus and the love that you have for all the saints,

based on the hope laid up for you in heaven. Some time ago you heard about this hope through the word of truth, the gospel

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.

For this reason, since the day we heard about this, we have not stopped praying for you and asking that you may be filled with the full knowledge of God's will with respect to all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

However, you must remain firmly established and steadfast in the faith, without being moved from the hope of the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven and of which I, Paul, have become a servant.