the hope laid for you in heaven RSV

Colossians 1:3-14 We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you,

because we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love which you have for all the saints,

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

which has come to you, as indeed in the whole world it is bearing fruit and growing--so among yourselves, from the day you heard and understood the grace of God in truth,

as you learned it from Ep'-a-phras our beloved fellow servant. He is a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf

and has made known to us your love in the Spirit.

And so, from the day we heard of it, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

to lead a life worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, bearing fruit  in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God.

May you be strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy,

giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified us to share in the inheritance of the saints in light.

He has delivered us from the dominion of darkness and transformed us to the kingdom of his beloved Son,

in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

Philippians 1:3-6 I thank my God in all my remembrance of you,

always in every prayer of mine for you all making my prayer with joy,

thankful for your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now.

And I am sure that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.

Ephesians 1:15-23 For this reason, because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love toward all the saints,

I do not cease to give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers,

that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and in revelation in the knowledge of him,

having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints,

and what is the immeasurable greatness in his power in us who believe, according to the workings of his great might

Which he accomplished in Christ when he raised him from the dead and made him sit at his right hand in the heavenly places,

Far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above every name that is named, not only in this age, but also that which is to come;

and he has put all things under his feet and has made him the head over all things for the church,

which is his body, the fulness of him who fills all in all.

1 Peter 1:3-10 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By His great mercy we have been born anew to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

and to an inheritance which is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, who by God's power and guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

In this you rejoice, though now for a little while you may have to suffer various trials,

so that the genuineness of your faith, more precious than gold which through perishable is tested by fire, may redound to praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ,

without having seen him you love him; thought you do not now see him you believe in him and rejoice with unutterable and exalted joy.

As the outcome of your faith you obtain the salvation of your souls.

The prophets who prophesied of the grace that was to be yours searched and inquired about this salvation;