Colossians 1:3-9

Etheridge(i) 3 We give thanks to Aloha the Father of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha in all time, and pray on your behalf, 4 even from our hearing of your faith in Jeshu Meshiha, and of your love to all the saints; 5 for the hope which is kept for you in heaven, which at the first you heard through the word of the truth of the gospel, 6 which is preached to you, as also to all the world, and increaseth and giveth fruits, as also in you from the day that you heard, and knew the grace of Aloha in truth, 7 as you learned from Epaphra our beloved companion, who is himself for you a faithful minister of the Meshiha, 8 and who hath made known to us your love, which is in the Spirit. 9 ON account of this also we, from the day that we heard, have not ceased to pray for you, and to supplicate that you may be filled with the knowledge of the will of Aloha in all wisdom and in all spiritual understanding,