Colossians 1:3
We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,
We giue thanks to God, and the Father of our Lord Iesus Christ, praying alwayes for you,
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- 1 Thessalonians 1:2Rank 1 from verse 3
- 2 Timothy 1:3Rank 2 from verse 3
- Colossians 1:9Rank 3 from verse 3
9For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;
9For this cause wee also, since the day we heard it, doe not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will, in all wisedome and spirituall vnderstanding:
- Romans 1:8–9Rank 4 from verse 3
8First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world.
9For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers;
8First I thanke my God through Iesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world.
9For God is my witnesse, whom I serue ‖with my spirit in the Gospel of his Sonne, that without ceasing I make mention of you, alwayes in my prayers,
- 1 Corinthians 1:4Rank 5 from verse 3
- Philippians 1:3–5Rank 6 from verse 3
3I thank my God upon every remembrance of you,
4Always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy,
5For your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now;
3I thanke my God vpon euery ‖remembrance of you,
4Alwayes in euery prayer of mine for you all making request, with ioy
5For your felowship in the Gospel from the first day vntill now;
- 1 Thessalonians 3:10–13Rank 7 from verse 3
10Night and day praying exceedingly that we might see your face, and might perfect that which is lacking in your faith?
11Now God himself and our Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way unto you.
12And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you:
13To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints.
10Night & day praying exceedingly that we might see your face, and might perfect that which is lacking in your faith?
11Now God himselfe and our Father, and our Lord Iesus Christ ‖direct our way vnto you.
12And the Lorde make you to increase, & abound in loue one towards another, and towards all men, euen as we doe towards you:
13To the end hee may stablish your hearts vnblameable in holinesse before God euen our Father, at the comming of our Lord Iesus Christ with all his Saints.
- Colossians 1:13Rank 8 from verse 3
- 2 Thessalonians 2:16–17Rank 9 from verse 3
16Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace,
17Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work.
16Now our Lorde Iesus Christ himselfe, and God euen our Father, which hath loued vs, and hath giuen vs euerlasting consolation, and good hope through grace,
17Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in euery good word and worke.
- Ephesians 1:15Rank 10 from verse 3
- Ephesians 3:14–19Rank 11 from verse 3
14For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
15Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,
16That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;
17That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,
18May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;
19And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.
14For this cause I bow my knees vnto the Father of our Lord Iesus Christ,
15Of whom the whole family in heauen and earth is named,
16That he would grant you according to the riches of his glory, to bee strengthened with might, by his Spirit in the inner man,
17That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith, that yee being rooted and grounded in loue,
18May be able to comprehend with all Saints, what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height:
19And to know the loue of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that yee might bee filled with all the fulnesse of God.
- Philippians 4:6Rank 12 from verse 3
- Philippians 1:9–11Rank 13 from verse 3
9And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment;
10That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ;
11Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.
9And this I pray, that your loue may abound yet more & more in knowledge, and in all ‖iudgment.
10That ye may ‖approue things that ‖are excellent, that ye may be sincere, and without offence till the day of Christ.
11Being filled with the fruites of righteousnesse, which are by Iesus Christ vnto the glory and praise of God.
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Colossians 1:3
To grant, hand, offer, supply, yield, or cause to have.
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Expressions or acknowledgments of gratitude.
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The one true God.
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Sense 1: A male parent or begetter. Sense 2: An ancestor, forefather, founder, source, originator, chief, elder, or one bearing paternal authority and care. Sense 3: God as Father, including the Father of Jesus Christ and of those described as his children.
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1. A title of God or Jesus Christ acknowledging authority and rule. 2. A respectful title or address for one in authority.
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Jesus Christ
The eternal Word and Son of God, the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, God manifest in the flesh.
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The Anointed One; the same title as Messias.
Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Cawdrey 1604 · Webster 1828
1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.
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The second-person plural pronoun referring to those being addressed.
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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.
2To the saints and faithfull brethren in Christ, which are at Colosse, grace be vnto you, and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Iesus Christ.
3We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,
3We giue thanks to God, and the Father of our Lord Iesus Christ, praying alwayes for you,
Selected passage4Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have to all the saints,
4Since we heard of your faith in Christ Iesus, and of the loue which yee haue to all the Saints,