Colossians 1:4-5
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Other commentaries on this verse
- John Gill - Exposition - Colossians 1
- John Gill - Exposition - Colossians 1:4
- John Gill - Exposition - Colossians 1:5
- Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary - Colossians 1
- Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Colossians 1:1-14
- Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Colossians 1:3-4
- Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Colossians 1:4-6
Colossians 1:4-5. And of the love which ye have to all the saints, for the hope which is, laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel;
"Faith" - "love" - "hope" - these are three divine sisters, which should ever go hand in hand. We must never be satisfied unless we see in ourselves and in our fellow-Christians these three delightful fruits of the Spirit of God. Notice the order here, - faith, and love, and then hope. Perhaps the Colossians were a little deficient in this last grace, so the apostle prayed constantly for them, "for the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel."