1:3-6 We always thank God, the father of our Lord Jesus christ , when we pray for you,(4) because we have 
        heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love you have for all the saints--- (5) the faith and love that  sprang from the hope that is stored up for you in heaven/ and that you have already heard about in the word of  truth , the gospel (6) that has come to you. All over the world/ this gospel is bearing fruit and growing ,just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and understood God's grace in it's truth

                                                                                                                         Colossians 1: 3-6 NIV