Colossians 1:3-4,12
Colossians 1:3-5 The Message (MSG)
Our prayers for you are always spilling over into thanksgivings. We can’t quit thanking God our Father and Jesus our Messiah for you! We keep getting reports on your steady faith in Christ, our Jesus, and the love you continuously extend to all Christians. The lines of purpose in your lives never grow slack, tightly tied as they are to your future in heaven, kept taut by hope.
Colossians 1:9-12 The Message (MSG)
Be assured that from the first day we heard of you, we haven’t stopped praying for you, asking God to give you wise minds and spirits attuned to his will, and so acquire a thorough understanding of the ways in which God works. We pray that you’ll live well for the Master, making him proud of you as you work hard in his orchard. As you learn more and more how God works, you will learn how to do your work. We pray that you’ll have the strength to stick it out over the long haul—not the grim strength of gritting your teeth but the glory-strength God gives. It is strength that endures the unendurable and spills over into joy, thanking the Father who makes us strong enough to take part in everything bright and beautiful that he has for us.
Colossians 1:3-4 King James Version (KJV)
We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you, since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have to all the saints
Colossians 1:12 King James Version (KJV)
giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light
Colossians 1:3-4 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
We give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you, since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and the love which you have for all the saints
Colossians 1:12 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified us to share in the inheritance of the saints in Light.
Colossians 1:3-4 New Century Version (NCV)
In our prayers for you we always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, because we have heard about the faith you have in Christ Jesus and the love you have for all of God’s people.
Colossians 1:12 New Century Version (NCV)
And you will joyfully give thanks to the Father who has made you able to have a share in all that he has prepared for his people in the kingdom of light.
Colossians 1:3-4 American Standard Version (ASV)
We give thanks to God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you, having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have toward all the saints
Colossians 1:12 American Standard Version (ASV)
giving thanks unto the Father, who made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light
Colossians 1:3-4 New International Version (NIV)
We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, because we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love you have for all God’s people
Colossians 1:12 New International Version (NIV)
and giving joyful thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of his holy people in the kingdom of light.
Colossians 1:3-4 New King James Version (NKJV)
We give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you, since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of your love for all the saints
Colossians 1:12 New King James Version (NKJV)
giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in the light.
Colossians 1:3-4 Amplified Bible (AMP)
We give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, as we pray always for you, for we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus [how you lean on Him with absolute confidence in His power, wisdom, and goodness], and of the [unselfish] love which you have for all the saints (God’s people)
Colossians 1:12 Amplified Bible (AMP)
giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified us to share in the inheritance of the saints (God’s people) in the Light.
Colossians 1:3-4 New Living Translation (NLT)
We always pray for you, and we give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. For we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and your love for all of God’s people
Colossians 1:12 New Living Translation (NLT)
always thanking the Father. He has enabled you to share in the inheritance that belongs to his people, who live in the light.
Colossians 1:3-4 The Passion Translation (TPT)
Every time we pray for you our hearts overflow with thanksgiving to Father God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. For we have heard of your devoted lives of faith in Christ Jesus and your tender love toward all his holy believers.
Colossians 1:12 The Passion Translation (TPT)
Your hearts can soar with joyful gratitude when you think of how God made you worthy to receive the glorious inheritance freely given to us by living in the light.