“Ver. 3. "We give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ." He seems to me to refer everything to the Father, that what he has to say may not at once offend them. "Praying always for you." He shows his love, not by giving thanks only, but also by continual prayer, in that those whom he did not see, he had co…”
John Chrysostom, 5th c. — Homily on Colossians 1
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3We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,
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1Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother,
2To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ which are at Colosse: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
— Colossians 1:3 —
4Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have to all the saints,
5For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel;