Colossians 1:3

World English Bible (2000)

We give thanks to God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,

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  • 1 Thess 1:2 : 2 We always give thanks to God for all of you, mentioning you in our prayers,
  • Eph 1:15 : 15 For this cause I also, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which is among you, and the love which you have toward all the saints,
  • Rom 1:8-9 : 8 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, that your faith is proclaimed throughout the whole world. 9 For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the Good News of his Son, how unceasingly I make mention of you always in my prayers,
  • 1 Cor 1:4 : 4 I always thank my God concerning you, for the grace of God which was given you in Christ Jesus;
  • Col 1:9 : 9 For this cause, we also, since the day we heard this, don't cease praying and making requests for you, that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,
  • 2 Tim 1:3 : 3 I thank God, whom I serve as my forefathers did, with a pure conscience. How unceasing is my memory of you in my petitions, night and day
  • 1 Thess 3:10-13 : 10 night and day praying exceedingly that we may see your face, and may perfect that which is lacking in your faith? 11 Now may our God and Father himself, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way to you; 12 and the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we also do toward you, 13 to the end he may establish your hearts blameless in holiness 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 loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace, 17 comfort your hearts and establish you in every good work and word.
  • Col 1:13 : 13 who delivered us out of the power of darkness, and translated us into the Kingdom of the Son of his love;
  • Eph 3:14-19 : 14 For this cause, I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 15 from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, 16 that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, that you may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inward man; 17 that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; to the end that you, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 may be strengthened to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, 19 and to know Christ's love which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
  • Phil 1:3-5 : 3 I thank my God whenever I remember you, 4 always in every request of mine on behalf of you all making my requests with joy, 5 for your partnership in furtherance of the Good News from the first day until now;
  • Phil 1:9-9 : 9 This I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all discernment; 10 so that you may approve the things that are excellent; that you may be sincere and without offense to the day of Christ; 11 being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
  • Phil 4:6 : 6 In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

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

    2 We always give thanks to God for all of you, mentioning you in our prayers,

    3 remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labor of love and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father.

  • Col 1:1-2
    2 verses
    85%

    1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother,

    2 to the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.

  • Phlm 1:3-5
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    85%

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

    4 I thank my God always, making mention of you in my prayers,

    5 hearing of your love, and of the faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus, and toward all the saints;

  • Eph 1:15-17
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    84%

    15 For this cause I also, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which is among you, and the love which you have toward all the saints,

    16 don't cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you 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
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    84%

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

    3 I thank my God whenever I remember you,

    4 always in every request of mine on behalf of you all making my requests 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 always thank my God concerning you, for the grace of God which was given you in Christ Jesus;

  • Col 1:4
    80%

    4 having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which you have toward all the saints,

  • Eph 5:20
    79%

    20 giving thanks always concerning 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, Silvanus, and Timothy, to the assembly of the Thessalonians in God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ:

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

    3 We are bound to always give thanks to God for you, brothers, even as it is appropriate, because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of each and every one of you towards one another abounds;

  • Eph 1:1-3
    3 verses
    79%

    1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, to the saints who are at Ephesus, and the faithful in Christ Jesus:

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

    3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ;

  • 1 Thess 3:9-11
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    78%

    9 For what thanksgiving can we render again to God for you, for all the joy with which we rejoice for your sakes before our God;

    10 night and day praying exceedingly that we may see your face, and may perfect that which is lacking in your faith?

    11 Now may our God and Father himself, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way 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 To this end we also pray always for you, that our God may count you worthy of your calling, and fulfill every desire of goodness and work of faith, with power;

    12 that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.

  • 2 Cor 1:11
    77%

    11 you also helping together on our behalf by your supplication; that, for the gift bestowed on us by means of many, thanks may be given by many persons on your behalf.

  • 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 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort;

  • Col 3:17
    77%

    17 Whatever you do, in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father, through him.

  • Col 1:12
    76%

    12 giving thanks to the Father, who made us fit to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light;

  • Eph 3:14
    76%

    14 For this cause, I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

  • 2 Tim 1:3
    76%

    3 I thank God, whom I serve as my forefathers did, with a pure conscience. How unceasing is my memory of you in my petitions, night and day

  • Rom 1:8-9
    2 verses
    76%

    8 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, that your faith is proclaimed throughout the whole world.

    9 For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the Good News of his Son, how unceasingly I make mention of you always in my prayers,

  • Col 4:12
    76%

    12 Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, salutes you, always striving for you in his prayers, that you may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.

  • Col 4:2-3
    2 verses
    75%

    2 Continue steadfastly in prayer, watching therein with thanksgiving;

    3 praying together for us also, that God may open to us a door for the word, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds;

  • Col 1:7-9
    3 verses
    75%

    7 even as you learned of Epaphras our beloved fellow servant, who is a faithful servant of Christ on our behalf,

    8 who also declared to us your love in the Spirit.

    9 For this cause, we also, since the day we heard this, don't cease praying and making requests for you, that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

  • 2 John 1:3
    73%

    3 Grace, mercy, and peace will be with us, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.

  • Phlm 1:23
    73%

    23 Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, greets you,

  • Col 3:15
    73%

    15 And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful.

  • 2 Thess 2:16
    72%

    16 Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace,

  • 2 Cor 9:14
    72%

    14 while they themselves also, with supplication on your behalf, yearn for you by reason of the exceeding grace of God in you.