Bible: Colossians 1:5-7
1:5 Your faith and love have arisen 1 from the hope laid up 2 for you in heaven, which you have heard about in the message of truth, the gospel 3 1:6 that has come to you. Just as in the entire world this gospel 4 is bearing fruit and growing, so it has also been bearing fruit and growing 5 among you from the first day you heard it and understood the grace of God in truth. 1:7 You learned the gospel 6 from Epaphras, our dear fellow slave 7 – a 8 faithful minister of Christ on our 9 behalf –
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