Colossians 1:3-5

Thanksgiving and Prayer

³ _f We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, ⁴ since we heard of _g your faith in Christ Jesus and of _g the love that you have for all the saints, ⁵ because of _h the hope _i laid up for you in heaven. Of this you have heard before in _j the word of the truth, the gospel,

1. Cross References
   Ephesians 1:15 - 16
   For this reason, because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love toward all the saints.
   Philemon 1:4
   I thank my God always when I remember you in my prayers.
   
2. Cross References
   1 Thessalonians 1:3
   Remembering before our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.
   
3. Cross References
   1 Thessalonians 1:3
   Remembering before our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.
   
4. Cross References
   Colossians 1:23
   If indeed you continue in the faith, stable and steadfast, not shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and of which I, Paul, became a minister.
   Acts 23:6
   Now when Paul perceived that one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, "Brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. It is with respect to the hope and the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial.
   Titus 1:2
   In hope of eternal life, which God, who never lies, promised before the ages began
   Hebrews 3:6
   But Christ is faithful over God's house as a son. And we are his house if indeed we hold fast our confidence and our boasting in our hope.
   
5. Cross References
   2 Timothy 4:8
   Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me on that Day, and not only to me but also to all who have loved his appearing.
   1 Peter 1:4
   To an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you.
   
6. Cross References
   Ephesians 1:13
   In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit.