Colossians 1:5-7

English Standard Version

⁵ because of ^(A)the hope ^(B)laid up for you in heaven. Of this you have heard before in ^(C)the word of the truth, the gospel, ⁶ which has come to you, as indeed ^(D)in the whole world it is ^(E)bearing fruit and increasing—as it also does among you, since the day you ^(F)heard it and understood ^(G)the grace of God in truth, ⁷ just as you learned it from ^(H)Epaphras our beloved ^(I)fellow servant.^[a] He is ^(J)a faithful minister of Christ on your^[b] behalf