Colossians 1:6

⁶quod pervenit ad vos, sicut et in universo mundo est fructificans et crescens, sicut et in vobis, ex ea die, qua audistis et cognovistis gratiam Dei in veritate;f

Colossians 1 opens Paul’s letter to a young church he did not plant, facing pressure from false teaching. After a warm thanksgiving and prayer for their growth, Paul launches into one of the most exalted Christological passages in the New Testament: Christ as the image of God, the a