Colossians 1:4
Douay-Rheims
Hearing your faith in Christ Jesus, and the love which you have towards all the saints.
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
Since we heard--literally, "Having heard." The language implies that he had only heard of, and not seen, them (Col 2:1). Compare Rom 1:8, where like language is used of a Church which he had not at the time visited. love . . . to all--the absent, as well as those present [BENGEL].
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1871 · Col 1:4
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