Colossians Chapter One Verse 4

Colossians 1:4 because we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love you have for all the saints - [NIV]

Colossians 1:4 having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love that {is} to all the saints, [YLT]

Colossians 1:4 Since we heard of your [a] faith in [b] Christ [c] Jesus, and of the [d] love which ye have to all the [e] saints,

[a] faith = pistis (pis'-tis) [4102; 3982]: persuasion [DEF: Persuasion = Something believed or accepted as true by a person; A system of religious belief], i.e. credence [DEF: credence = Mental acceptance of the truth or acuuality of something]; mor. conviction [Def: conviction = a. Something delieved or accepted as true by a person b. The fact or condition of being without doubt.] (of religious truth, or the truthfulness of God or a religious teacher), esp.. reliance [DEF: Reliance = Absolute certainty in the trustworthiness of another] upon Christ for salvation; abstr. constancy [DEF: Constancy = Faithfulness or devotion to a person, a cause, obligations, or duties] in such profession; by ext. the system of religious (Gospel) truth itself.

[b] Christ = Christos (khris-tos') [5547; 5548]: anointed, i.e. the Messiah, an epithet [DEF: Epithet = Descriptive expression; Expressing some quality or attribute] of Jesus. FROM chrio (khree'-o) [5548; 5530]: to smear or rub with oil, i.e. (by imp.) to consecrate to an office or religious service. {FROM} 5530 chraomai (khrah'-om-ahee); to furnish what is needed; (give an oracle, "graze" [touch slightly], light upon, etc), i.e. (by imp.) to enploy or (by ext..) to act towards one in a given manner

[c] of Jesus = Iesous (ee-ay-sooce') [2424]: Jesus (i.e. Jehoshua) (yeh-ho-shoo'-ah), the name of our Lord and two (three) other Israelites. {MEANS} "Yahweh is salvation," [DEF: Salvation = Extrication (To free from an entanglement) from danger (Expose to possible harm, loss, or injury) of confinement (The act of limiting or condition of being limited)]

[d] love = agape (ag-ah'-pay) [26; 25]: love, i.e. affection [DEF: affection = The condition of being closely tied to another by affection or faith; A complex and usually strong subjective response, as love, hate, etc] or benevolence; [DEF: benevolence = good will; kindly feeling; desire to promote the happiness of others] spec. (plural) a love-feast:.

[e] the saints = hagios (hag'-ee-os)[40; 53]: sacred (physically, pure, morally blameless or religious, ceremonially, consecrated [DEF: Consecrated = a. Given over exclusively to a single use or purpose. b. To make sacred by a religious rite. c. To give over by or as if by vow to a higher purpose.]):