Colossians 1:3

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Thess 1:2 : 2 We give praise to God at all times for you, keeping you in memory in our prayers;
  • Eph 1:15 : 15 For this cause I, having had news of the faith in the Lord Jesus which is among you, and which you make clear to all the saints,
  • Rom 1:8-9 : 8 First of all, I give praise to my God through Jesus Christ for you all, because news of your faith has gone into all the world. 9 For God is my witness, whose servant I am in spirit in the good news of his Son, that you are at all times in my memory and in my prayers,
  • 1 Cor 1:4 : 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;
  • Col 1:9 : 9 For this reason, we, from the day when we had word of it, keep on in prayer for you, that you may be full of the knowledge of his purpose, with all wisdom and experience of the Spirit,
  • 2 Tim 1:3 : 3 I give praise to God, whose servant I have been, with a heart free from sin, from the time of my fathers, because in my prayers at all times the thought of you is with me, night and day
  • 1 Thess 3:10-13 : 10 Night and day requesting God again and again that we may see your face and make your faith complete. 11 Now may our God and Father himself and our Lord Jesus make a way for us to come to you; 12 And the Lord give you increase of love in fullest measure to one another and to all men, even as our love to you; 13 So that your hearts may be strong and free from all sin before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.
  • 2 Thess 2:16-17 : 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, 17 Give you comfort and strength in every good work and word.
  • Col 1:13 : 13 Who has made us free from the power of evil and given us a place in the kingdom of the Son of his love;
  • Eph 3:14-19 : 14 For this cause I go down on my knees before the Father, 15 From whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, 16 That in the wealth of his glory he would make you strong with power through his Spirit in your hearts; 17 So that Christ may have his place in your hearts through faith; and that you, being rooted and based in love, 18 May have strength to see with all the saints how wide and long and high and deep it is, 19 And to have knowledge of the love of Christ which is outside all knowledge, so that you may be made complete as God himself is complete.
  • Phil 1:3-5 : 3 I give praise to my God at every memory of you, 4 And in all my prayers for you all, making my request with joy, 5 Because of your help in giving the good news from the first day till now;
  • Phil 1:9-9 : 9 And my prayer is that you may be increased more and more in knowledge and experience; 10 So that you may give your approval to the best things; that you may be true and without wrongdoing till the day of Christ; 11 Being full of the fruits of righteousness, which are through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
  • Phil 4:6 : 6 Have no cares; but in everything with prayer and praise put your requests before God.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Thess 1:1-3
    3 verses
    86%

    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;

    3 Having ever in mind your work of faith and acts of love and the strength of your hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father;

  • Col 1:1-2
    2 verses
    85%

    1 Paul, an Apostle of Jesus Christ, by the purpose of God, and Timothy our brother,

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

  • Phlm 1:3-5
    3 verses
    85%

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

    4 I give praise to God at all times and make prayer for you,

    5 Hearing of the love and the faith which you have to the Lord Jesus and to all the saints;

  • Eph 1:15-17
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    15 For this cause I, having had news of the faith in the Lord Jesus which is among you, and which you make clear to all the saints,

    16 Give praise without end for you, keeping you in mind in my prayers;

    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;

  • Phil 1:2-4
    3 verses
    84%

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

    3 I give praise to my God at every memory of you,

    4 And in all my prayers for you all, making my request with joy,

  • 1 Cor 1:3-4
    2 verses
    82%

    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;

  • Col 1:4
    80%

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

  • Eph 5:20
    79%

    20 Giving praise at all times for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to God, even the Father;

  • 2 Thess 1:1-3
    3 verses
    79%

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

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

    3 It is right for us to give praise to God at all times for you, brothers, because of the great increase of your faith, and the wealth of your love for one another;

  • Eph 1:1-3
    3 verses
    79%

    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:

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

    3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has given us every blessing of the Spirit in the heavens in Christ:

  • 1 Thess 3:9-11
    3 verses
    78%

    9 For how great is the praise which we give to God for you, and how great the joy with which we are glad because of you before our God;

    10 Night and day requesting God again and again that we may see your face and make your faith complete.

    11 Now may our God and Father himself and our Lord Jesus make a way for us to come to you;

  • Gal 1:3
    78%

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

  • 2 Thess 1:11-12
    2 verses
    78%

    11 For this reason, you are ever in our prayers, that you may seem to our God such as may have a part in his purpose and that by his power he will make all his good purpose, and the work of faith, complete;

    12 So that glory may be given to the name of our Lord Jesus through you, and you may have glory in him, by the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.

  • 2 Cor 1:11
    77%

    11 You at the same time helping together by your prayer for us; so that for what has been given to us through a number of persons, praise may go up to God for us from all of them.

  • 2 Cor 1:2-3
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    77%

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

    3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all comfort;

  • Col 3:17
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    17 And whatever you do, in word or in act, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving praise to God the Father through him.

  • Col 1:12
    76%

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

  • Eph 3:14
    76%

    14 For this cause I go down on my knees before the Father,

  • 2 Tim 1:3
    76%

    3 I give praise to God, whose servant I have been, with a heart free from sin, from the time of my fathers, because in my prayers at all times the thought of you is with me, night and day

  • Rom 1:8-9
    2 verses
    76%

    8 First of all, I give praise to my God through Jesus Christ for you all, because news of your faith has gone into all the world.

    9 For God is my witness, whose servant I am in spirit in the good news of his Son, that you are at all times in my memory and in my prayers,

  • Col 4:12
    76%

    12 Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ Jesus, sends you his love, ever taking thought for you in his prayers, that you may be complete and fully certain of all the purpose of God.

  • Col 4:2-3
    2 verses
    75%

    2 Give yourselves to prayer at all times, keeping watch with praise;

    3 And making prayer for us, that God may give us an open door for the preaching of the word, the secret of Christ, for which I am now in chains;

  • Col 1:7-9
    3 verses
    75%

    7 As it was given to you by Epaphras, our well-loved helper, who is a true servant of Christ for us,

    8 And who, himself, made clear to us your love in the Spirit.

    9 For this reason, we, from the day when we had word of it, keep on in prayer for you, that you may be full of the knowledge of his purpose, with all wisdom and experience of the Spirit,

  • 2 John 1:3
    73%

    3 May grace, mercy, and peace be with us from God the Father, and from Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in all true love.

  • Phlm 1:23
    73%

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

  • Col 3:15
    73%

    15 And let the peace of Christ be ruling in your hearts, as it was the purpose of God for you to be one body; and give praise to God at all times.

  • 2 Thess 2:16
    72%

    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,

  • 2 Cor 9:14
    72%

    14 While their hearts go out to you in love and in prayer for you, because of the great grace of God which is in you.