2. We are writing to God’s holy people in the city of Colosse, who are faithful brothers and sisters in Christ.May God our Father give you grace and peace.
3. We always pray for you, and we give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
4. For we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and your love for all of God’s people,
5. which come from your confident hope of what God has reserved for you in heaven. You have had this expectation ever since you first heard the truth of the Good News.