Colossians 1:3-9 We geue thankes to God and father of our Lorde Iesus Christe, alwayes for you, praying

Bishops⁽ⁱ⁾ ³ We geue thankes to God and father of our Lorde Iesus Christe, alwayes for you, praying ⁴ Sence we hearde of your fayth in Christe Iesus, and of the loue which [is] to all saintes ⁵ For the hopes sake which is layde vp for you in heauen, of which [hope] ye hearde before, in the worde of trueth of the Gospell ⁶ Which is come vnto you, euen as [it is] into all the worlde, & is fruitfull, as it is also in you, from the day ye hearde [of it] and knewe the grace of God in trueth ⁷ As ye also learned of Epaphras, our deare felowe seruaunt, which is for you a faythfull minister of Christe ⁸ Who also declared vnto vs your loue in the spirite ⁹ For this cause we also, sence ye day we hearde, haue not ceassed to pray for you, and to desire that ye myght be fulfylled with knowledge of his wyll, in all wisdome & spiritual vnderstandyng