Colossians 1:5 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁵ because of the hope laid up for you in heaven. Of this you have heard before in the word of the truth, the gospel

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ for the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ Because of the hope [of experiencing what is] laid up (reserved and waiting) for you in heaven. Of this [hope] you heard in the past in the message of the truth of the Gospel,

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ because of the hope which is laid up for you in the heavens, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel,

Common English Bible

⁵ You have this faith and love because of the hope reserved for you in heaven. You previously heard about this hope through the true message, the good news,

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ because of the hope that has been stored up for you in heaven, which you have heard through the Word of Truth in the Gospel.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁵ For the hope that is laid up for you in heaven, which you have heard in the word of the truth of the gospel,

Colossians 1:5 Cross References

Psalm 31:19

O how abundant is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for those who fear thee, and wrought for those who take refuge in thee, in the sight of the sons of men!

Luke 12:33

Sell your possessions, and give alms; provide yourselves with purses that do not grow old, with a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.

Acts 10:36

You know the word which he sent to Israel, preaching good news of peace by Jesus Christ (he is Lord of all),

Acts 13:26

“Brethren, sons of the family of Abraham, and those among you that fear God, to us has been sent the message of this salvation.

Acts 23:6

But when Paul perceived that one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, “Brethren, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees; with respect to the hope and the resurrection of the dead I am on trial.”

Acts 24:15

having a hope in God which these themselves accept, that there will be a resurrection of both the just and the unjust.

Romans 10:8

But what does it say? The word is near you, on your lips and in your heart (that is, the word of faith which we preach);

1 Corinthians 13:13

So faith, hope, love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.

1 Corinthians 15:19

If for this life only we have hoped in Christ, we are of all men most to be pitied.

2 Corinthians 5:19

that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation.

2 Corinthians 6:7

truthful speech, and the power of God; with the weapons of righteousness for the right hand and for the left;

Galatians 2:14

But when I saw that they were not straightforward about the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas before them all, “If you, though a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you compel the Gentiles to live like Jews?”

Galatians 2:5

to them we did not yield submission even for a moment, that the truth of the gospel might be preserved for you.

Galatians 5:5

For through the Spirit, by faith, we wait for the hope of righteousness.

Ephesians 1:13

In him you also, who have heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and have believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit,

Ephesians 4:21

assuming that you have heard about him and were taught in him, as the truth is in Jesus.

Colossians 1:23

provided that you continue in the faith, stable and steadfast, not shifting from the hope of the gospel which you heard, which has been preached to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, became a minister.

Colossians 1:27

To them God chose to make known how great among the Gentiles are the riches of the glory of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

Colossians 3:16

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teach and admonish one another in all wisdom, and sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs with thankfulness in your hearts to God.

1 Thessalonians 2:13

And we also thank God constantly for this, that when you received the word of God which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men but as what it really is, the word of God, which is at work in you believers.

2 Thessalonians 2:16

Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace,

1 Timothy 1:15

The saying is sure and worthy of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. And I am the foremost of sinners;

2 Timothy 4:8

Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me on that Day, and not only to me but also to all who have loved his appearing.

Titus 1:2

in hope of eternal life which God, who never lies, promised ages ago

Hebrews 7:19

(for the law made nothing perfect); on the other hand, a better hope is introduced, through which we draw near to God.

1 Peter 2:2

Like newborn babes, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up to salvation;

1 Peter 3:15

but in your hearts reverence Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to make a defense to any one who calls you to account for the hope that is in you, yet do it with gentleness and reverence;

2 Peter 1:12

Therefore I intend always to remind you of these things, though you know them and are established in the truth that you have.

1 John 3:3

And every one who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure.