Colossians 1:2

Bible in Basic English (1941)

To the saints and true brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father.

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  • Rom 1:7 : 7 To all those who are in Rome, loved by God, marked out as saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
  • Eph 1:1 : 1 Paul, an Apostle of Christ Jesus by the purpose of God, to the saints who are at Ephesus, and those who have faith in Christ Jesus:
  • Eph 6:21 : 21 But so that you may have knowledge of my business, and how I am, Tychicus, the well-loved brother and tested servant in the Lord, will give you news of all things:
  • 1 Pet 1:2 : 2 Who, through the purpose of God, have been made holy by the Spirit, disciples of Jesus, made clean by his blood: May you have grace and peace in full measure.
  • 2 Pet 1:2 : 2 May grace and peace ever be increasing in you, in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord;
  • Jude 1:2 : 2 May mercy and peace and love be increased in you.
  • Rev 1:4 : 4 John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace to you and peace, from him who is and was and is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his high seat;
  • 1 Cor 1:2 : 2 To the church of God which is in Corinth, to those who have been made holy in Christ Jesus, saints by the selection of God, with all those who in every place give honour to the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours:
  • 1 Cor 4:17 : 17 For this cause I have sent Timothy to you, who is my dear and true child in the Lord; he will make clear to you my ways in Christ, even as I am teaching everywhere in every church.
  • Gal 1:3 : 3 Grace to you and peace from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ,
  • Gal 3:9 : 9 So then those who are of faith have a part in the blessing of Abraham who was full of faith.
  • Ps 16:3 : 3 As for the saints who are in the earth, they are the noble in whom is all my delight.

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  • 2 Cor 1:1-3
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    1 Paul, an Apostle of Jesus Christ by the purpose of God, and Timothy the brother, to the church of God which is in Corinth, with all the saints who are in all Achaia:

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    1 Paul and Timothy, servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus at Philippi, with the Bishops and Deacons of the church:

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  • Phlm 1:1-4
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    1 Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ, and Timothy our brother, to Philemon, our dear helper in the faith,

    2 And to Apphia, our sister, and to Archippus, our brother in God's army, and to the church in your house:

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    1 Paul and Silvanus and Timothy, to the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:

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    3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

    4 I give praise to my God for you at all times, because of the grace of God which has been given to you in Christ Jesus;

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    3 We give praise to God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, making prayer for you at all times,

    4 After hearing of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which you have for all the saints,

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    1 Paul, an Apostle (not from men, and not through man, but through Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who made him come back from the dead),

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    1 Paul and Silvanus and Timothy, to the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace.

    2 We give praise to God at all times for you, keeping you in memory in our prayers;

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    7 To all those who are in Rome, loved by God, marked out as saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

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    21 Give words of love to every saint in Christ Jesus. The brothers who are with me send you their love.

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    25 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. So be it.

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    4 To Titus, my true child in our common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Saviour.

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    17 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him;

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    23 Epaphras, my brother-prisoner in Christ Jesus, sends you his love;

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    18 May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.

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    16 Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father who had love for us and has given us eternal comfort and good hope through grace,

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    23 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.

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    12 Giving praise to the Father who has given us a part in the heritage of the saints in light;